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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. Why does Amanda and Elyot send Louise home?
2. What is the name of the man who used to love and admire Amanda?
3. What does Amanda suggest she and Elyot do if their spouses find them?
4. What does Elyot angrily say that Amanda lacks?
5. Who is Louise?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Act II, what does Elyot say that reveals his philosophy on life?
2. How is Elyot being hypocritical about Amanda's disclosure of her post-marital affairs?
3. At the beginning of Act II, does it appear that Elyot and Amanda have been getting along? How can the reader tell?
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. Why does Amanda call out "triple Sollocks?"
6. Why does it seem that Elyot and Amanda are able to forgive each other silently during their time-outs?
7. Why would Elyot say that he and Amanda would have been perfectly happy with Victor and Sibyl?
8. What are Amanda's beliefs?
9. Why are Amanda and Elyot reluctant to discuss another marriage?
10. What do Victor and Sibyl do at the end of Act II when they see Amanda and Elyot fighting?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Elyot claims that women are all manipulative and crafty. Do you believe that Amanda and Sibyl are particularly manipulative? If they both are manipulative, is it in the same way and to achieve the same goals? Why or why not? What is the point of the manipulations? Are Victor and Elyot manipulative as well?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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