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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. Why does Elyot tell Amanda to turn the gramophone off?
(a) He hates the song that is playing.
(b) He would rather play piano than listen to a record.
(c) He is trying to talk to her.
(d) He says he does not want to annoy the neighbors.

2. When he starts getting angry, what does Amanda accuse Elyot of being?
(a) Hateful.
(b) Drunk.
(c) Idiotic.
(d) Irrational.

3. What kind of women did Amanda imagine Elyot would go after?
(a) Widows.
(b) She did not believe Elyot would be unfaithful.
(c) Young debutantes.
(d) Married women.

4. What did Amanda let her admirer do that made Elyot jealous?
(a) Amanda was completely innocent and it was all in Elyot's mind.
(b) Amanda made love to him.
(c) Amanda let him kiss her.
(d) Amanda danced with him.

5. How much time has passed between Act I and Act II?
(a) A few days.
(b) A full week.
(c) One hour.
(d) One day.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Amanda fear about Sibyl?

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

3. Why does Amanda and Elyot send Louise home?

4. What reason is given for the first time Elyot struck Amanda during their marriage?

5. Who or what is Charles?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Elyot being hypocritical about Amanda's disclosure of her post-marital affairs?

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

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

4. What do the reactions of Victor and Sibyl to the spectacle of Amanda and Elyot fighting suggest about their personalities?

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

6. What are Amanda's beliefs?

7. 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?

8. At the beginning of Act II, does it appear that Elyot and Amanda have been getting along? How can the reader tell?

9. Why does it seem that Elyot and Amanda are able to forgive each other silently during their time-outs?

10. How do Amanda and Elyot's feelings differ on the abandonment of Sibyl and Victor?

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