4. What does Elyot tell Amanda that comforts her?
(a) Elyot tells Amanda that she holds no mystery for him.
(b) Elyot tells Amanda that Victor will take care of her.
(c) Elyot tells Amanda that Sibyl is a good woman.
(d) Elyote tells Amanda that she is doing the right thing.

5. Which character says "I like a man to be a man?"
(a) Amanda.
(b) Victor.
(c) Elyot.
(d) Sibyl.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Sibyl's nickname for Elyot?

2. When Sibyl and Victor leave, what do Amanda and Elyot do with the cocktails?

3. To where do Elyot and Amanda plan to run away?

4. In what building does Act I take place?

5. According to Amanda, what rules her life?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Elyot mean when he claims that he and Amanda were too in love for their relationship to last?

2. What is Amanda's outlook on the violence in her previous marriage that is so shocking to Victor?

3. Victor and Sibyl both use nicknames for Amanda and Elyot (Mandy and Elli), though Amanda and Elyot always refer to each other by their full names. What is the significance of the use of nicknames in regards to these four characters?

4. Why would Victor say to Amanda that she was frightening him?

5. At the start of the play, is Elyot in love with Sibyl? How can the reader tell?

6. To Sibyl's dismay, Elyot does not care for her mother and believes that Sibyl married him in part to escape her. What do the differing attitudes about the mother reveal about Sibyl's character?

7. What is the significance of "Solomon Isaacs?"

8. What are Victor and Sibyl's attitudes on the subject of their spouses' previous marriage?

9. Why do Amanda and Elyot choose Paris to run away to?

10. How does Elyot know that Amanda's statement of the two of them being in love all over again is false?

(see the answer keys)

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