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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 starts the final fight between Amanda and Elyot in Act II?
(a) Amanda accuses Elyot of not taking their situation seriously enough.
(b) Amanda has too much to drink.
(c) Elyot tries to leave the apartment.
(d) Elyot brings up an admirer of Amanda's who she once let kiss her.

2. What does Elyot tell the person calling Amanda's flat with the wrong number?
(a) He says that the person they are trying to reach is in India.
(b) He tells the caller they have the wrong number.
(c) He pretends to be the person the caller is trying to reach.
(d) He says that the person they are trying to reach is in Madagascar.

3. According to Amanda, what are Hungarians like?
(a) Wistful.
(b) Drunk.
(c) Angry.
(d) Happy.

4. Who or what is Charles?
(a) Charles is a wooden snake Amanda once bought Elyot.
(b) Charles was Amanda and Elyot's old code to end all arguments.
(c) Charles is Elyot's butler.
(d) Charles is an admirer of Amanda's.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. During their first period of silence, what do Amanda and Elyot do?

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

3. What was a gift that Amanda's admirer gave her?

4. What do Amanda and Elyot keep doing to the gramophone?

5. How do Victor and Sibyl discover that their spouses ran away together?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

5. Is Amanda being honest when she says she would never have been happy with Victor and how is it apparent?

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

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

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

9. Why would Elyot say that he and Amanda would have been perfectly happy with Victor and Sibyl?

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

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