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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What word best describes Charlie and Nancy's ability to bridge the communication gap?
(a) Forceful
(b) Hopeful
(c) Mediocre
(d) Paralysis

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

6. What had the women in the 1970s been doing with their time prior to the social movements?
(a) Looking for a husband
(b) Accounting
(c) Mothering
(d) Developing a career

7. What human element do the jets overhead exemplify?
(a) Procreation
(b) Infidelity
(c) Suspicion
(d) Progress

8. What does Nancy threaten to do if Charlie is unwilling to go along with her?
(a) Nancy will find another man
(b) Nancy will sell the house
(c) Nancy will divorce him
(d) Nancy will go on her own

9. Where does the setting open in Act 1?
(a) East Hamptons
(b) The desert
(c) The beach
(d) A swimming pool

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

11. What are Charlie and Nancy facing as they enter their new stage in life?
(a) Empty nest syndrome
(b) Health problems
(c) Financial ruin
(d) Childless depression

12. How did women feel as a result of having time outside of the home?
(a) Confusion
(b) Excitement
(c) Liberation
(d) Rebellion

13. What does Nancy encourage her husband to do as he lies on his back?
(a) Wink
(b) Be expressionless
(c) Smile
(d) Frown

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Charlie call the whole scene?

2. Where does Charlie want to retire?

3. What object does the creature peek out behind?

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

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

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