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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of wife does Charlie tell Nancy she is?
(a) A resentful wife
(b) A good wife
(c) A cunning wife
(d) A happy wife

2. What does Charlie hope the gesture will save them from?
(a) Survival
(b) Cruel fate
(c) Being eaten alive
(d) Being buried alive

3. What is the main historical event the author has illustrated in the play?
(a) Women's Suffrage
(b) The Women's Liberation Movement
(c) The Equal Rights Ammendment
(d) Slavery

4. As the play opens, what have Charlie and Nancy finished enjoying?
(a) Feeding the seagulls
(b) A picnic lunch
(c) A long run
(d) A walk on the shore line

5. How does Nancy feel about the sound that interrupts the couple?
(a) Nancy is scared
(b) Nancy is in awe
(c) Nancy is panicked
(d) Nancy is overwhelmed

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Nancy and Charlie lie on their backs?

2. What is Nancy's ideal life?

3. As the couple argues, what creature appears?

4. How does Nancy describe her husband at the end of Act 1 while in submission to the lizards?

5. What stage in life are Charlie and Nancy entering?

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