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

2. How do Victor and Sibyl discover that their spouses ran away together?
(a) Amanda and Elyot left their spouses a note.
(b) Victor caught Amanda and Elyot leaving.
(c) Sibyl saw Amanda and Elyot drive away together.
(d) They are sent a note.

3. During their first period of silence, what do Amanda and Elyot do?
(a) Leave the apartment.
(b) Call their spouses.
(c) Keep fighting.
(d) Smoke a cigarette.

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

5. 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) Stay with Victor.
(d) Die in torment.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who or what is Charles?

2. According to Elyot, what would his and Amanda's lives have been like had they not seen each other again?

3. At the end of Act II, what happens during the fight over the gramophone?

4. What does Elyot refer to as "laughable?"

5. What appears to have been a contributing factor to Elyot and Amanda's jealousy during their marriage?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In Act II, what does Elyot say that reveals his philosophy on life?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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