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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is the oldest character of the four introduced in Act I?
2. According to Elyot, how does he feel about Amanda?
3. What is heard off-stage when the play starts?
4. How long have Amanda and Elyot been divorced at the start of the play?
5. What is Sibyl's nickname for Elyot?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Elyot's pastime of traveling the world imply about his character?
2. 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?
3. Why do Amanda and Elyot choose Paris to run away to?
4. 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?
5. What is Amanda's outlook on the violence in her previous marriage that is so shocking to Victor?
6. What does Elyot mean when he claims that he and Amanda were too in love for their relationship to last?
7. What are Victor and Sibyl's attitudes on the subject of their spouses' previous marriage?
8. To Sibyl's dismay, Elyot does not care for her mother and believes that Sibyl married him in part to escape her. What do the differing attitudes about the mother reveal about Sibyl's character?
9. How can the reader interpret Amanda's statement about a person's private life?
10. What is the significance of "Solomon Isaacs?"
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Amanda declares to Victor that, "Chance rules my life." What does she mean by that? What does she do throughout the play that requires taking a chance? Using specific examples and actions from the text, argue whether Amanda really means what she says and, if so, how chance plays a part in the plot and her character development.
Essay Topic 2
The four main characters of this play are all from England, though the play itself is set in France. What is the purpose of setting the play in two different locations in France? Would it have changed the play to be set in a different country, including the one native to the characters?
Essay Topic 3
Consider the character of Louise. Why is she included in the play? What is the purpose of Sibyl and Victor not being able to understand her foreign language? What does she add to the overall arch of the play?
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