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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 time is it, specifically, at the top of Act I?
(a) 10:00 p.m.
(b) 8:00 p.m.
(c) 5:00 p.m.
(d) 6:00 p.m.
2. How long have Amanda and Elyot been divorced at the start of the play?
(a) Five years.
(b) Three years.
(c) One year.
(d) Seven years.
3. In Act I, where do the honeymooning couples plan to spend their first night together?
(a) St. Mortiz.
(b) Paris.
(c) The French Riviera.
(d) Lyon.
4. Before Sibyl storms off the terrace in Act 1, what does Elyot tell her?
(a) Elyot loves her.
(b) Elyot regrets marrying her.
(c) Amanda is staying next door to them.
(d) Elyot hopes she chokes on her dinner.
5. In which country is Act I set?
(a) France.
(b) Portugal.
(c) Germany.
(d) Spain.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Sibyl want to avoid?
2. Which character says "I like a man to be a man?"
3. What do both Amanda and Elyot express a mild appreciation for, to the shock of their spouses?
4. To what does Amanda say, "What an odd thing to be glad about?"
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. How does Elyot know that Amanda's statement of the two of them being in love all over again is false?
3. What is the significance of "Solomon Isaacs?"
4. What does Elyot's pastime of traveling the world imply about his character?
5. How can the reader interpret Amanda's statement about a person's private life?
6. 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?
7. What is Amanda's outlook on the violence in her previous marriage that is so shocking to Victor?
8. Why does Sibyl keep asking Elyot about Amanda?
9. 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?
10. What are Victor and Sibyl's attitudes on the subject of their spouses' previous marriage?
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