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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. What does Amanda call Victor in Act 1?
(a) A weak man.
(b) Not a gentleman.
(c) A "pompous ass."
(d) A windbag.

2. What does Amanda tell Victor she did to Elyot while they were married?
(a) Amanda threw Elyot out of their house.
(b) Amanda broke four records over Elyot's head.
(c) Amanda cheated on Elyot.
(d) Amanda threw furniture at Elyot.

3. When Sibyl and Victor leave, what do Amanda and Elyot do with the cocktails?
(a) They drink both sets of cocktails.
(b) They dump the drinks out.
(c) Amanda throws her drink on Elyot.
(d) They share the ones on Elyot's side and toast the new spouses.

4. In Act I, Sibyl asks Elyot about Amanda. According to Elyot, what does Amanda do beautifully that Sibyl can not do?
(a) Sing.
(b) Play piano.
(c) Dance.
(d) Organize.

5. Which character says, "Love is no use unless it's wise, and kind, and undramatic?"
(a) Victor.
(b) Amanda.
(c) Elyot.
(d) Sibyl.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Amanda tell Victor in the first act that frightens him?

2. What reason does Amanda give when she tries to convince Victor that they need to leave the hotel?

3. What appears to be one of Elyot's pastimes?

4. What genre of play is "Private Lives?"

5. Which factor does NOT contribute to the rekindling of Elyot and Amanda's love for each other?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Sibyl keep asking Elyot about Amanda?

3. 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?

4. 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?

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

6. 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?

7. 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?

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

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

10. 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?

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