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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Amanda wearing in Act II?
(a) A simple evening gown.
(b) A negligee.
(c) Pajamas.
(d) A bathing suit.

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

4. 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.

5. Elyot claims to have been in love with another woman during their separation. Where is she from?
(a) London.
(b) South Africa.
(c) India.
(d) France.

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

7. How did Amanda feel when she first met Victor?
(a) Old and unwanted.
(b) Free.
(c) Young and vibrant.
(d) Angry and depressed.

8. 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 India.
(b) He pretends to be the person the caller is trying to reach.
(c) He says that the person they are trying to reach is in Madagascar.
(d) He tells the caller they have the wrong number.

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

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

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

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

13. What does Amanda and Elyot short their code to stop arguing to?
(a) Isaacs Sol.
(b) Sollocks.
(c) Sol Isaacs.
(d) Solomon.

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

15. How do Victor and Sibyl discover that their spouses ran away together?
(a) Victor caught Amanda and Elyot leaving.
(b) Amanda and Elyot left their spouses a note.
(c) They are sent a note.
(d) Sibyl saw Amanda and Elyot drive away together.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who or what is Charles?

2. What does Elyot do to help recover from the triple use of their code?

3. What starts the final fight between Amanda and Elyot in Act II?

4. According to Amanda, what did Victor love to do?

5. What reason is given for the first time Elyot struck Amanda during their marriage?

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