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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 are Victor and Sibyl doing at the end of Act I?
(a) They are arguing with each other.
(b) They are taking in the view from the terrace.
(c) They are eating dinner together.
(d) They are arguing with their spouses.

2. To whom does this statement refer? "I can't bear to think I'm married to such rugged grandeur."
(a) Sibyl.
(b) Victor.
(c) Amanda.
(d) Elyot.

3. Where do Amanda and Victor plan to eat dinner?
(a) The casino.
(b) The terrace.
(c) The hotel.
(d) The yacht.

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

5. What appears to be one of Elyot's pastimes?
(a) Polo.
(b) Politics.
(c) Traveling.
(d) Theater.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Amanda say they must do before they leave for Paris?

2. What is the code-phrase that Amanda and Elyot decide to use to stop all arguments?

3. According to Elyot, how does he feel about Amanda?

4. In which country is Act I set?

5. What memory do Amanda and Elyot reminisce over after their spouses have left in Act 1?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Sibyl keep asking Elyot about Amanda?

3. 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?

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

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

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

7. What does Elyot's pastime of traveling the world imply about his character?

8. 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?

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

10. 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?

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