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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 say that Amanda initially resists?
(a) Elyot tells Amanda that he loves her.
(b) Elyot tells Amanda that he is in love with Sibyl.
(c) Elyot says that he will leave the hotel.
(d) Elyot swears that she will never see him again.

2. What is the view from the terrace?
(a) Ocean waves crashing.
(b) A casino.
(c) The water reflecting the lights of a nearby yacht.
(d) A wedding.

3. How long have Amanda and Elyot been divorced at the start of the play?
(a) One year.
(b) Five years.
(c) Seven years.
(d) Three years.

4. Who says, "I think very few people are completely normal really, deep down in their private lives?"
(a) Victor.
(b) Sibyl.
(c) Elyot.
(d) Amanda.

5. According to Amanda, what rules her life?
(a) Love.
(b) Anger.
(c) Chance.
(d) Fear.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Elyot do to Amanda to calm her when she starts to panic about leaving?

2. What reason does Amanda give when she tries to convince Victor that they need to leave the hotel?

3. To what does Amanda say, "What an odd thing to be glad about?"

4. Where did Elyot and Amanda spend their honeymoon?

5. To whom does this statement refer? "I can't bear to think I'm married to such rugged grandeur."

Short Essay Questions

1. At the start of the play, is Elyot in love with Sibyl? How can the reader tell?

2. Elyot remarks to Sibyl that, "Apart from loving me and all that, you must have plans." What does he mean by that and why would he accuse Sibyl of it?

3. What does Elyot's pastime of traveling the world imply about his character?

4. Victor and Sibyl both use nicknames for Amanda and Elyot (Mandy and Elli), though Amanda and Elyot always refer to each other by their full names. What is the significance of the use of nicknames in regards to these four characters?

5. Amanda describes her marriage to Elyot as, "two violent acids bubbling about in a nasty little matrimonial bottle." Why would she use those words and what images do they provoke?

6. What would be the best way to describe the relationship between each of the married couples?

7. Why would Victor say to Amanda that she was frightening him?

8. 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?

9. What does Elyot mean when he claims that he and Amanda were too in love for their relationship to last?

10. Why do Elyot and Amanda both lie to their spouses about the reasons they should leave the hotel instead of just telling the truth?

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