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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. What have Amanda and Elyot been doing for the last few days in Paris?
2. Elyot claims to have been in love with another woman during their separation. Where is she from?
3. Who says, "Flippancy brings out the acid in their damned sweetness and light."
4. At the very end of the second act, where are Amanda and Elyot?
5. At the end of Act II, what happens during the fight over the gramophone?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is Elyot being hypocritical about Amanda's disclosure of her post-marital affairs?
2. After Amanda and Elyot make up during the "triple Sollocks," what happens that brings their happy mood down again and why?
3. At the end of Act II, why does Elyot calling "Sollocks" not work?
4. Why would Elyot say that he and Amanda would have been perfectly happy with Victor and Sibyl?
5. At the beginning of Act II, does it appear that Elyot and Amanda have been getting along? How can the reader tell?
6. What are Amanda and Elyot arguing about when Elyot first calls "Sollocks?"
7. What sets off the very first argument of Act II?
8. Is Amanda being honest when she says she would never have been happy with Victor and how is it apparent?
9. How do Amanda and Elyot's feelings differ on the abandonment of Sibyl and Victor?
10. What are some of the things that initially attracted Amanda to Victor?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Amanda and Elyot's battles appear to be made up of petty jealousies. Can their love exist without jealousy? Why or why not? What is the point of it? How does it add or detract from their love?
Essay Topic 3
Elyot believes that he and Amanda could have had happy, albeit boring, lives with Victor and Sibyl. What examples from the text point to him being right or wrong?
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