Choose the TRUE statements about Icarus from the list below.

Icarus is engaged to be married.

When Icarus tells Philip that he is "otherwise engaged" he is expressing that he is "busy" tonight, or that he has a commitment which prevents him joining Philip tonight. Although the verb to "engage" as well as the noun "engagement" are terms which are related to marriage in a different context, here they refer to an appointment that Icarus has made with Ruby Delaware.

Icarus has a date tonight.

This statement is true. Icarus declines Philip's invitation to spend the evening at bars and parties because he has an "engagement": a meeting with a lady friend named "Ruby Delaware".

Icarus claims to have had success with girls in the past.

This statement is true. Icarus tells Philip that he used to be "quite the ladies man in school". The construction "used to be" indicates a past state, and a "ladies man" is someone who is known to be successful with females romantically. Icarus is claiming to have been good with women in the past, much to the surprise of Philip.

Icarus has a new item of clothing and is wearing perfume.

This statement is true. Icarus admits that he is wearing "cologne" (perfume for men) as well as new "suspenders". In American English, "suspenders" are elastic straps worn over the shoulders and chest which "hold up" or "suspend" pants or trousers. In British English, the term refers to a women's undergarment which holds up or "suspends" stockings. In Great Britain, "suspenders" in the American sense are called "braces".

Icarus is wearing high heels, red lipstick and a fur coat.

Icarus mentions that his date, Ruby Delaware, is wearing high heels, red lipstick and a fur coat. Icarus is wearing cologne and new perfume, but not heels or lipstick (which are typically feminine accessories), or a fur coat.

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