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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Amanda's apartment during the final fight?
(a) The front door is broken off the hinges.
(b) Brandy is splashed all over the carpet.
(c) The piano is shoved across the room and into a wall.
(d) Furniture is tipped over and objects are thrown all over.

2. According to Amanda, what are Hungarians like?
(a) Angry.
(b) Drunk.
(c) Wistful.
(d) Happy.

3. At the end of Act II, what happens during the fight over the gramophone?
(a) Elyot pushes the player off the table.
(b) Amanda breaks a record over Elyot's head.
(c) Amanda throws the player at Elyot.
(d) Victor walks in and punches Elyot.

4. Who says, "Flippancy brings out the acid in their damned sweetness and light."
(a) Elyot.
(b) Amanda.
(c) Victor.
(d) Sibyl.

5. During their final fight, what does Amanda say she'd rather do than marry Elyot?
(a) Run away to another country.
(b) Die in torment.
(c) Be alone the rest of her life.
(d) Stay with Victor.

6. Who is Louise?
(a) Louise is Amanda's maid.
(b) Louise is Amanda's sister.
(c) Louise is Elyot's maid.
(d) Louise is the woman with whom Elyot had an affair.

7. What does Elyot do to help recover from the triple use of their code?
(a) Elyot has another drink.
(b) Elyot takes a walk.
(c) Elyot plays the piano.
(d) Elyot goes to bed.

8. How does Amanda refer to hormones?
(a) "Our, what d'you call it, attraction."
(b) "Our chemistry."
(c) "Our chemical urges."
(d) "Chemical, what d'you call 'ems."

9. What did Amanda let her admirer do that made Elyot jealous?
(a) Amanda was completely innocent and it was all in Elyot's mind.
(b) Amanda made love to him.
(c) Amanda danced with him.
(d) Amanda let him kiss her.

10. What does Elyot refer to as "laughable?"
(a) Love.
(b) Death.
(c) Money.
(d) Marriage.

11. What does Amanda fear about Sibyl?
(a) Amanda fears that Sibyl will try to steal Elyot back from her.
(b) Amanda fears that Sibyl will try to marry Victor.
(c) Amanda fears Sibyl is very unhappy.
(d) Amanda fears Sibyl will try to hurt her.

12. What do Amanda and Elyot not believe in?
(a) Keeping up appearances.
(b) Love.
(c) Monogamy.
(d) God.

13. Why does Amanda and Elyot send Louise home?
(a) Amanda and Elyot want more privacy.
(b) Louise has a cold.
(c) Louise is needed by her family.
(d) Louise is drinking the brandy.

14. What do Amanda and Elyot know will inevitably happen?
(a) Elyot will have to pay Sibyl a lot of money.
(b) They will be forced out of their social standing.
(c) They will do nothing but argue.
(d) Victor and Sibyl will find them.

15. What starts the final fight between Amanda and Elyot in Act II?
(a) Elyot brings up an admirer of Amanda's who she once let kiss her.
(b) Amanda accuses Elyot of not taking their situation seriously enough.
(c) Amanda has too much to drink.
(d) Elyot tries to leave the apartment.

Short Answer Questions

1. During their first period of silence, what do Amanda and Elyot do?

2. How do Victor and Sibyl discover that their spouses ran away together?

3. Elyot claims to have been in love with another woman during their separation. Where is she from?

4. What kind of women did Amanda imagine Elyot would go after?

5. How many total glasses of brandy does Elyot drink?

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