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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the best description of the twig that Nancy chose as defense?
(a) Tiny
(b) Inadequate
(c) Heavy
(d) Thorny

2. What does the sound of the jet make the lizards do?
(a) The sound makes them scream
(b) The sound angers them and they attack
(c) The sound sends them back behind the rocks
(d) The sound makes them bury their heads in the sand

3. What does Nancy want from her marriage?
(a) Intimacy and connection
(b) Money and a home
(c) Sex and adventure
(d) Care and balance

4. What does Nancy want to plan with Charlie?
(a) A move to another home
(b) Adventures
(c) A flight to another beach
(d) To adopt a child

5. How does Charlie feel about Nancy's attempt to infuse enthusiasm into their relationship?
(a) Surprised
(b) Indifferent
(c) Willing
(d) Hopeful

Short Answer Questions

1. What is created in Charlie and Nancy's marriage as a result of miscommunication?

2. What can the combination of opportunity and confusion in the 1970s can best be described as?

3. What can Charlie's indifference to Nancy's needs can be viewed as?

4. What did the changes of the 1970s provide women with?

5. What types of creatures does the beach location allude that humans evolved from?

(see the answer key)

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