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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is Nancy in the mood for after lunch?
(a) To talk about her love of water
(b) To talk about the birds
(c) To talk about the shells
(d) To talk about the fresh salty air

4. What does Charlie call the whole scene?
(a) A certain hell
(b) A fantasy
(c) A dream
(d) Entertaining

5. What kind of man has Charlie become?
(a) An academic
(b) An expert
(c) A role-player
(d) A self-made genius

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

7. What is Nancy's ideal life?
(a) To travel from beach to beach
(b) To raise more children
(c) To teach
(d) To work a farm

8. What happens when the lizards move forward towards Charlie and Nancy?
(a) A tidal wave begins to build
(b) A dolphin leaps from the water
(c) Another jet flies overhead
(d) A rock tumbles into the ocean

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

10. What word best describes the character of Nancy?
(a) Brave
(b) Insincere
(c) Opinionated
(d) Forthright

11. Which character finds a descent size stick?
(a) Charlie
(b) The Male Lizard
(c) The Female Lizard
(d) Nancy

12. How does Nancy react to Charlie's blasy attitude?
(a) Asks for him to change
(b) Tells him he must go back to work
(c) Rants that life is short
(d) Is compassionate to him

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Charlie respond to accusations of infidelity?

2. How does the author view the events of the 1970s?

3. How did women feel as a result of having time outside of the home?

4. What is the main historical event the author has illustrated in the play?

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

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