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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What stage in life are Charlie and Nancy entering?
(a) Career
(b) Retirement
(c) Adulthood
(d) Parenthood

2. What does Nancy's sarcastic validation of Charlie's merits as a good husband and father lead to?
(a) A long walk on the beach
(b) An argument
(c) A sexual escapade
(d) A dip in the water

3. What does Nancy feel that both Charlie and Nancy have lost?
(a) Mutual attraction for each other
(b) A sense of purpose
(c) A zest for life
(d) Respect for each other

4. What was Charlie testing when he let himself sink down to the bottom of the lake?
(a) How strong he was
(b) How long he could stay underwater
(c) How much self discipline he had
(d) How fast he could swim back up to the surface

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

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

7. What was the woman's main role before the 1970s?
(a) Be a wife
(b) Serve in the home
(c) Teach
(d) Nursing

8. What can the combination of opportunity and confusion in the 1970s can best be described as?
(a) Hypocrisy
(b) A lie
(c) An invention by men
(d) A double edged sword

9. What does Charlie pass off Nancy's idea of his dream as?
(a) Too lofty of a goal
(b) Childhood fancy
(c) Too hard
(d) Childhood humor

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

11. Who is the author of Seascape?
(a) Tenessee Williams
(b) Beth Henley
(c) Aurthur Miller
(d) Edward Albee

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What events does the author use the character of Nancy to shed light on?

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

3. When did Nancy suspect Charlie of having an affair?

4. What does Charlie ask his wife to find in order to defend themselves against the creatures?

5. What is created in Charlie and Nancy's marriage as a result of miscommunication?

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