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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Nancy feel about Charlie's blase attitude?
(a) Angry
(b) Indifferent
(c) Happy
(d) Resentful

2. When did Nancy suspect Charlie of having an affair?
(a) After their 1st year of marriage
(b) Never
(c) After 20 years of marriage
(d) After 10 years of marriage

3. Why did Nancy suspect Charlie of infidelity?
(a) His indifference and tension
(b) His alcohol and drug abuse
(c) His intolerance
(d) His anger and rage

4. How does Charlie feel about the sound that interrupts the couple?
(a) Charlie is overwhelmed
(b) Charlie thinks there will be a crash
(c) Charlie lets Nancy make the decision
(d) Charlie thinks the sound is delightful

5. During the 1970s, what did women have more of and permission to use it?
(a) Money
(b) Love
(c) Time
(d) Passion

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

7. What is the theme of Act 1?
(a) The challenge of the sexes
(b) The challenge of communication
(c) The challenge of evolution
(d) The challenge of retirement

8. What can Charlie's indifference to Nancy's needs can be viewed as?
(a) Hurtful
(b) Loving
(c) Upsetting
(d) Helpful

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

10. What concept do the lizards parallel?
(a) The industrial revolution
(b) Capitalism
(c) Imperialism
(d) The evolution of man

11. What subject does Nancy bring up at the desperate attempt to get a reaction out of her husband?
(a) Their finances
(b) Their sex life
(c) Their children's college fund
(d) Their future live as divorcees

12. What does Charlie hope to infuse his marriage with?
(a) Care
(b) Nothing
(c) Relaxation
(d) Rest

13. What types of creatures does the beach location allude that humans evolved from?
(a) Apes
(b) Sea creatures
(c) Sand creatures
(d) Birds

14. Why do Nancy and Charlie lie on their backs?
(a) To hide
(b) Charlie hurt himself
(c) To surrender
(d) To prevent the lizards from attacking

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Nancy's choice in twigs make her husband feel?

2. How many times during Act 1 does Nancy bring up Charlie's childhood dream of living underwater?

3. Where does Charlie want to retire?

4. What does Nancy's sarcastic validation of Charlie's merits as a good husband and father lead to?

5. What does Nancy suggest her and Charlie do as the lizards approach?

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