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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who is the oldest character of the four introduced in Act I?
(a) Victor.
(b) Amanda.
(c) Sibyl.
(d) Elyot.
2. What does Elyot call Sibyl?
(a) Adulterous.
(b) Overly dependent.
(c) Feminine.
(d) Drunk.
3. When Sibyl and Victor leave, what do Amanda and Elyot do with the cocktails?
(a) They drink both sets of cocktails.
(b) Amanda throws her drink on Elyot.
(c) They share the ones on Elyot's side and toast the new spouses.
(d) They dump the drinks out.
4. What does Elyot tell Amanda that comforts her?
(a) Elyote tells Amanda that she is doing the right thing.
(b) Elyot tells Amanda that she holds no mystery for him.
(c) Elyot tells Amanda that Sibyl is a good woman.
(d) Elyot tells Amanda that Victor will take care of her.
5. Where do Elyot and Sibyl plan to eat dinner?
(a) The terrace.
(b) The casino.
(c) The yacht.
(d) The hotel.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Act I, Sibyl asks Elyot about Amanda. According to Elyot, what does Amanda do beautifully that Sibyl can not do?
2. What is Sibyl's nickname for Elyot?
3. To what does Amanda say, "What an odd thing to be glad about?"
4. What separates the two terraces in the first scene?
5. How long have Amanda and Elyot been divorced at the start of the play?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why do Elyot and Amanda both lie to their spouses about the reasons they should leave the hotel instead of just telling the truth?
2. At the start of the play, is Elyot in love with Sibyl? How can the reader tell?
3. Amanda describes her marriage to Elyot as, "two violent acids bubbling about in a nasty little matrimonial bottle." Why would she use those words and what images do they provoke?
4. Why do Amanda and Elyot choose Paris to run away to?
5. Why would Victor say to Amanda that she was frightening him?
6. In Act I, Amanda proclaims to Victor that women should hold some mystery. Later, Elyot tells her that she holds no mystery for him and she responds that she is glad. Why?
7. What is Amanda's outlook on the violence in her previous marriage that is so shocking to Victor?
8. Why does Sibyl keep asking Elyot about Amanda?
9. Elyot remarks to Sibyl that, "Apart from loving me and all that, you must have plans." What does he mean by that and why would he accuse Sibyl of it?
10. What is the significance of "Solomon Isaacs?"
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