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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 does Elyot angrily say that Amanda lacks?

2. How does Amanda refer to hormones?

3. What does Elyot tell the person calling Amanda's flat with the wrong number?

4. What causes the use of the triple code?

5. During their final fight, what does Amanda say she'd rather do than marry Elyot?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How is Elyot being hypocritical about Amanda's disclosure of her post-marital affairs?

6. What are Amanda's beliefs?

7. What are some of the things that initially attracted Amanda to Victor?

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

9. What sets off the very first argument of Act II?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the world of this play, does it seem that love cannot exist without violence? How do violence and passion relate to each other or do they at all? Cite specific examples from the script to support your argument.

Essay Topic 2

Is it important that these characters are rich and upper-class? How would this play have changed if Amanda and Elyot were not as rich as they are written? Is the glamor and sophistication absolutely necessary? How does it affect the fights? Do you believe that this is meant to be a statement on the behaviors of the upper-class? Why or why not?

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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