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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 do to Amanda to calm her when she starts to panic about leaving?
2. In what building does Act I take place?
3. Which character says "I like a man to be a man?"
4. Who is the oldest character of the four introduced in Act I?
5. What does Amanda tell Victor about Elyot's presence?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Elyot's pastime of traveling the world imply about his character?
2. What would be the best way to describe the relationship between each of the married couples?
3. Why would Victor say to Amanda that she was frightening him?
4. In Act I, Amanda proclaims to Victor that women should hold some mystery. Later, Elyot tells her that she holds no mystery for him and she responds that she is glad. Why?
5. At the start of the play, is Elyot in love with Sibyl? How can the reader tell?
6. 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?
7. What does Elyot mean when he claims that he and Amanda were too in love for their relationship to last?
8. How does Elyot know that Amanda's statement of the two of them being in love all over again is false?
9. 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?
10. What are Victor and Sibyl's attitudes on the subject of their spouses' previous marriage?
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
Amanda declares to Victor that, "Chance rules my life." What does she mean by that? What does she do throughout the play that requires taking a chance? Using specific examples and actions from the text, argue whether Amanda really means what she says and, if so, how chance plays a part in the plot and her character development.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the genre of this play. As a comedy of manners, how does it play to the reader's expectations? How are the characters drawn within the confines of this type of play? Is the plot consistent with a comedy of manners?
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