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

2. What time of day does the first act take place?
(a) Afternoon.
(b) Evening.
(c) Morning.
(d) Night.

3. Who says, "I think very few people are completely normal really, deep down in their private lives?"
(a) Sibyl.
(b) Elyot.
(c) Amanda.
(d) Victor.

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

5. How do Amanda and Elyot realize that they are sharing a terrace in the hotel?
(a) Amanda hears Elyot singing one of their favorite songs.
(b) Amanda asks Elyot for a cigarette.
(c) Elyot sees Amanda with her new husband.
(d) Amanda hears Elyot shouting at Sibyl.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the oldest character of the four introduced in Act I?

3. What is heard off-stage when the play starts?

4. What does Sibyl want to avoid?

5. According to Amanda, what rules her life?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When discussing the possibility of getting a sunburn, Amanda remarks to Victor, "I did so hope our honeymoon was going to be progressive" in response to his declaration that he could not love her anymore than he already does. What does this statement portend about Amanda's views on relationships, particularly her marriage to Victor?

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

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

5. 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?

6. How can the reader interpret Amanda's statement about a person's private life?

7. 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?

8. Why do Elyot and Amanda both lie to their spouses about the reasons they should leave the hotel instead of just telling the truth?

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

10. Why does Sibyl keep asking Elyot about Amanda?

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