Print
Word
PDF
|
| Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What time of day does the first act take place?
(a) Night.
(b) Morning.
(c) Afternoon.
(d) Evening.
2. What separates the two terraces in the first scene?
(a) A line of trees.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A brick wall.
(d) A wrought-iron fence.
3. Which character says "I like a man to be a man?"
(a) Victor.
(b) Amanda.
(c) Sibyl.
(d) Elyot.
4. According to Elyot, how does he feel about Amanda?
(a) He loves her.
(b) He is indifferent toward her.
(c) He is still angry at her.
(d) He despises and pities her.
5. What does Amanda call Victor in Act 1?
(a) A "pompous ass."
(b) A windbag.
(c) A weak man.
(d) Not a gentleman.
Short Answer Questions
1. How long were Elyot and Amanda married?
2. What are Victor and Sibyl doing at the end of Act I?
3. What is heard off-stage when the play starts?
4. What does Elyot tell Amanda that comforts her?
5. In what building does Act I take place?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the significance of "Solomon Isaacs?"
2. What is Amanda's outlook on the violence in her previous marriage that is so shocking to Victor?
3. Why do Elyot and Amanda both lie to their spouses about the reasons they should leave the hotel instead of just telling the truth?
4. 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?
5. Why do Amanda and Elyot choose Paris to run away to?
6. Why does Sibyl keep asking Elyot about Amanda?
7. When Elyot implores Sibyl that they must leave the hotel, Sibyl is uncharacteristically firm and stubborn about staying. What happened throughout the act that may have given her more of a backbone?
8. 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?
9. Why would Victor say to Amanda that she was frightening him?
10. At the start of the play, is Elyot in love with Sibyl? How can the reader tell?
|
This section contains 1,379 words (approx. 5 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
