2. 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 does not want to make love to Amanda at that moment.
(d) Elyot turns off the record player.

3. What happens in the final fight that forces Elyot to try to call "Sollocks?"
(a) Amanda slaps Elyot.
(b) Elyot admits to having an affair while they were married.
(c) Elyot has ruined Amanda's record.
(d) Amanda tries to throw Elyot out of her apartment.

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

5. What do Amanda and Elyot keep doing to the gramophone?
(a) Elyot and Amanda are shoving the player back and forth.
(b) They do not do anything to the gramophone.
(c) Elyot keeps switching it off and Amanda keeps turning it back on.
(d) Elyot keeps trying to take the gramophone from Amanda.

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

7. What does Elyot sarcastically say he is surprised Amanda never did?
(a) Amanda never told Victor she loved him.
(b) Amanda never cheated on Elyot when they were married.
(c) Amanda never cheated on Victor.
(d) Amanda never slept with Victor.

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

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

10. 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.

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

12. In Act II, what does Amanda reveal to Elyot that first begins to upset him?
(a) She no longer wishes to travel the world.
(b) She loves Victor.
(c) She had not been celibate after their divorce.
(d) She is no longer Catholic.

13. What rattles Amanda and Elyot's new-found cheer?
(a) A noise on the balcony.
(b) A telegram from Victor.
(c) A knock on the door.
(d) The telephone ringing.

14. According to Amanda, what did Victor love to do?
(a) Victor loved to look after Amanda.
(b) Victor loved to go dancing.
(c) Victor loved to verbally spar with Amanda.
(d) Victor loved the opera.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After the phone call, Amanda is worrying about her future with Elyot and what should happen when their spouses find them. What does Elyot urge her to do to calm her fears?

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

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

4. What annoys Amanda the most about Elyot's reaction to her post-marriage affairs?

5. At the very end of the second act, where are Amanda and Elyot?

(see the answer keys)

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