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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Nancy show fear?
(a) When she herself makes a frightening noise
(b) When the female lizard makes a frightening noise
(c) When the male lizard makes a frightening noise
(d) When her husband makes a frightening noise

2. What is the author's purpose of the play?
(a) To explore sex and love
(b) To explore reptilian life on earth
(c) To explore procreation and child-rearing
(d) To explore evolution and progress

3. Where does Charlie want to retire?
(a) On a boat
(b) On a stretch of beach somewhere
(c) In Florida
(d) In a retirement home

4. What kind of relationship do Charlie and Nancy have?
(a) They are brother and sister
(b) They are friends
(c) They are married
(d) They are dating

5. What was Charlie's childhood dream?
(a) To be an actor
(b) To live underwater
(c) To swim with dolphins
(d) To run a company

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Charlie used to hold to let himself sink to the bottom of the lake?

2. How does Nancy feel as the lizards approach?

3. How can the state of Charlie and Nancy's marriage be best described?

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

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

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