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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What annoys Amanda the most about Elyot's reaction to her post-marriage affairs?
(a) Amanda is annoyed that Elyot is not listening.
(b) Amanda is annoyed that Elyot believes it is proper for men to be promiscuous, but not women.
(c) Amanda is annoyed that Elyot does not care.
(d) Amanda is annoyed that Elyot does not believe her.

3. What does Amanda suggest she and Elyot do if their spouses find them?
(a) Apologize profusely.
(b) Throw them out.
(c) Behave with perfect manners.
(d) Run away.

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

5. According to Elyot, what is the problem with being a specialist?
(a) Most specialists are socially awkward.
(b) A specialist is too pompous to really be understood.
(c) A specialist is too concentrated on one thing to notice what is going on around them.
(d) A specialist never tries to explain what they know to anyone else.

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

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

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

9. What time is it at the top of Act II?
(a) 10:00 p.m.
(b) 12:00 a.m.
(c) 8:00 p.m.
(d) 1:00 a.m.

10. What is prominently displayed in Amanda's flat?
(a) A harp.
(b) A piano.
(c) A bed.
(d) A bar.

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

12. What brings about the first use of Amanda and Elyot's special code?
(a) Amanda tells Elyot he should call Sibyl.
(b) Amanda reveals that she was not celibate after the divorce.
(c) Amanda talks about Victor's good qualities.
(d) Amanda thinks Elyot has had too much to drink.

13. What kind of women did Amanda imagine Elyot would go after?
(a) Young debutantes.
(b) She did not believe Elyot would be unfaithful.
(c) Married women.
(d) Widows.

14. What reason is given for the first time Elyot struck Amanda during their marriage?
(a) Elyot caught Amanda with an admirer.
(b) Amanda's curling irons burned a hole in Elyot's new dressing gown.
(c) Amanda tries to leave Elyot.
(d) Amanda struck Elyot first.

15. What have Amanda and Elyot been doing for the last few days in Paris?
(a) They have taken in the museums and shows.
(b) They have gone out to dinner every night.
(c) They have stayed in the apartment together.
(d) They have walked around the city.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Elyot tell the person calling Amanda's flat with the wrong number?

3. What was a gift that Amanda's admirer gave her?

4. What do Amanda and Elyot keep doing to the gramophone?

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

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