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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. After their tiff over affairs, what do Amanda and Elyot do?
(a) Dance and make nonsense small talk.
(b) Make love.
(c) Sing together.
(d) Dance silently.

2. During their final fight, what does Amanda say she'd rather do than marry Elyot?
(a) Run away to another country.
(b) Be alone the rest of her life.
(c) Die in torment.
(d) Stay with Victor.

3. What does Elyot refer to as "laughable?"
(a) Love.
(b) Death.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Money.

4. According to Elyot, what is the problem with being a specialist?
(a) A specialist is too concentrated on one thing to notice what is going on around them.
(b) A specialist never tries to explain what they know to anyone else.
(c) Most specialists are socially awkward.
(d) A specialist is too pompous to really be understood.

5. Who is Louise?
(a) Louise is Amanda's maid.
(b) Louise is the woman with whom Elyot had an affair.
(c) Louise is Elyot's maid.
(d) Louise is Amanda's sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the phone call, Amanda is worrying about her future with Elyot and what should happen when their spouses find them. What does Elyot urge her to do to calm her fears?

2. When he starts getting angry, what does Amanda accuse Elyot of being?

3. Where does Act II take place?

4. According to Amanda, what did Victor love to do?

5. After the triple use of the code, what do Amanda and Elyot do together?

Short Essay Questions

1. Elyot muses that he and Amanda are clearly in love after they have a small tiff. Amanda protests that he should not sound so bitter about the fact. Why would Elyot sound bitter or resigned when saying that he and Amanda are in love?

2. What two things does Elyot do that annoy Amanda that leads up to their biggest fight?

3. What are Amanda and Elyot arguing about when Elyot first calls "Sollocks?"

4. Why does Amanda call out "triple Sollocks?"

5. What sets off the very first argument of Act II?

6. At the end of Act II, why does Elyot calling "Sollocks" not work?

7. Why does Elyot say that, despite their current happiness, being separated was probably for the best?

8. After Amanda and Elyot make up during the "triple Sollocks," what happens that brings their happy mood down again and why?

9. What do Victor and Sibyl do at the end of Act II when they see Amanda and Elyot fighting?

10. Why are Amanda and Elyot reluctant to discuss another marriage?

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