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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. Before Sibyl storms off the terrace in Act 1, what does Elyot tell her?
(a) Elyot regrets marrying her.
(b) Elyot loves her.
(c) Elyot hopes she chokes on her dinner.
(d) Amanda is staying next door to them.

2. What does Amanda tell Victor about Elyot's presence?
(a) Amanda says she saw Elyot running down the street.
(b) Amanda says that Elyot is staying on the yacht.
(c) Amanda says that Elyot is staying next door to them.
(d) Amanda says that Elyot is working at the hotel.

3. What does Amanda do when she realizes Elyot is in the hotel?
(a) She clutches her throat in shock.
(b) She walks over to his side of the terrace.
(c) She asks him for a cigarette.
(d) She runs inside.

4. 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.

5. What does Elyot accuse Sibyl of being?
(a) Adulterous.
(b) Drunk.
(c) Manipulative.
(d) Overly dependent.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says, "I think very few people are completely normal really, deep down in their private lives?"

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

3. What time is it, specifically, at the top of Act I?

4. What does Sibyl want to avoid?

5. What does Amanda call Victor in Act 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sibyl keep asking Elyot about Amanda?

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

3. What would be the best way to describe the relationship between each of the married couples?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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