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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 do Amanda and Elyot choose to flee to Amanda's flat?
2. To where do Elyot and Amanda plan to run away?
3. When fighting with Sibyl, what does Elyot say infuriates him more than anything?
4. What time is it, specifically, at the top of Act I?
5. Which character says "I like a man to be a man?"
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. When discussing the possibility of getting a sunburn, Amanda remarks to Victor, "I did so hope our honeymoon was going to be progressive" in response to his declaration that he could not love her anymore than he already does. What does this statement portend about Amanda's views on relationships, particularly her marriage to Victor?
3. What does Elyot's pastime of traveling the world imply about his character?
4. Why do Elyot and Amanda both lie to their spouses about the reasons they should leave the hotel instead of just telling the truth?
5. What are Victor and Sibyl's attitudes on the subject of their spouses' previous marriage?
6. What is the significance of "Solomon Isaacs?"
7. 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?
8. 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?
9. What does Elyot mean when he claims that he and Amanda were too in love for their relationship to last?
10. How does Elyot know that Amanda's statement of the two of them being in love all over again is false?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 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
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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