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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the author view the events of the 1970s?
(a) Sensationalized
(b) Critical
(c) Obtuse
(d) Meaningless

2. What does Charlie ask his wife to find in order to defend themselves against the creatures?
(a) A stick
(b) A dead fish
(c) Seaweed
(d) A rock

3. 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

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

5. How did women feel about the use of their newly allowed free time in the 1970's?
(a) Liberated
(b) Elated
(c) Relieved
(d) Baffled

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Charlie pass off Nancy's idea of his dream as?

2. What does Nancy want from her marriage?

3. In Charlie's childhood dream, what body of water did he want to live underneath?

4. What was the woman's main role before the 1970s?

5. What is the best description of the twig that Nancy chose as defense?

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