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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Elyot tell the person calling Amanda's flat with the wrong number?
(a) He says that the person they are trying to reach is in Madagascar.
(b) He tells the caller they have the wrong number.
(c) He says that the person they are trying to reach is in India.
(d) He pretends to be the person the caller is trying to reach.

2. Where does Act II take place?
(a) The hotel from Act I.
(b) Amanda's flat in Paris.
(c) Elyot's country home.
(d) Elyot's flat in Paris.

3. What does Elyot angrily say that Amanda lacks?
(a) Heart.
(b) Wisdom.
(c) Tact.
(d) Morals.

4. Why does Elyot tell Amanda to turn the gramophone off?
(a) He says he does not want to annoy the neighbors.
(b) He is trying to talk to her.
(c) He would rather play piano than listen to a record.
(d) He hates the song that is playing.

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

6. What is Elyot wearing in Act II?
(a) A dinner jacket.
(b) A tuxedo.
(c) A bathing suit.
(d) A dressing gown.

7. According to Elyot, what will fade, along with his and Amanda's passion?
(a) Their love for each other.
(b) Their apathy towards society.
(c) Their urge to bicker.
(d) Their desire to always be flippant.

8. After their tiff over affairs, what do Amanda and Elyot do?
(a) Dance silently.
(b) Dance and make nonsense small talk.
(c) Make love.
(d) Sing together.

9. Who or what is Charles?
(a) Charles was Amanda and Elyot's old code to end all arguments.
(b) Charles is an admirer of Amanda's.
(c) Charles is Elyot's butler.
(d) Charles is a wooden snake Amanda once bought Elyot.

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

11. In Act II, what does Elyot tell Amanda they must do?
(a) They must leave the flat before Victor and Sibyl find them.
(b) They must live in the moment and enjoy life.
(c) They must apologize to their spouses.
(d) They must return to London.

12. What causes the use of the triple code?
(a) Amanda slams the piano shut on Elyot's fingers.
(b) Amanda does not want to make love to Elyot at that moment.
(c) Elyot turns off the record player.
(d) Elyot does not want to make love to Amanda at that moment.

13. What is the name of the man who used to love and admire Amanda?
(a) Peter Burden.
(b) Charles Burden.
(c) A name is not given.
(d) Victor Prynne.

14. When Elyot was on his world travels, what kept him from being too excited about what he saw?
(a) Dysentery.
(b) The presence of Sibyl's mother.
(c) Amanda's absence.
(d) The presence of Sibyl.

15. During their first period of silence, what do Amanda and Elyot do?
(a) Smoke a cigarette.
(b) Call their spouses.
(c) Keep fighting.
(d) Leave the apartment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time is it at the top of Act II?

2. In Act II, what does Amanda reveal to Elyot that first begins to upset him?

3. What happens to Amanda's apartment during the final fight?

4. What does Amanda start to do to Elyot during their final fight?

5. What did Amanda let her admirer do that made Elyot jealous?

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