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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What flies overhead as the men are arguing?
(a) A jet
(b) A hot air balloon
(c) A flock of seagulls
(d) A kite

2. Charlie's reaction to the lizards can be best described as true to this quality of his personalty.
(a) Apprehensive
(b) Passive
(c) Annoyed
(d) Irate

3. What are the lizards unable to grasp?
(a) The concept of emotions
(b) The concept of pregnancy
(c) The concept of marriage
(d) The concept of divorce

4. What does Nancy want so desperately that she will entertain a friendship from another species?
(a) Love
(b) Sex
(c) Interaction
(d) Understanding

5. What does Sarah begin to do now that she is angry?
(a) Sarah cries
(b) Sarah throws a punch
(c) Sarah runs to Leslie for support
(d) Sarah runs away

6. What has happened to most of the eggs that Leslie and Sarah have produced?
(a) They've been eaten or lost
(b) They've been injured
(c) They've been hatched
(d) They've been buried in the sand

7. How does Charlie feel as the lizards approach?
(a) He is in a state of awe
(b) He is in a catatonic state
(c) He is in a state of panic
(d) He is in a state of delight

8. What is the primary theme of Act 2?
(a) Progress
(b) Evolution
(c) Communication
(d) Marriage

9. How do each couple engage in communication as a result of their failed first attempt?
(a) They try to translate
(b) Written communication
(c) They use a computer
(d) Physical communication

10. What does the topic of mammaries lead to a discussion of?
(a) Sex and love
(b) Procreation and child rearing
(c) Breastfeeding
(d) Eggs and sperm

11. What does Charlie try to explain as the lizards are frightened by the overhead noise?
(a) The concept of machines
(b) The concept of aeronautics
(c) The concept of flight
(d) The concept of gravity

12. Who calms the men down?
(a) Nancy
(b) The two women together
(c) The men concede on their own
(d) Sarah

13. What does the human couple offer the lizard couple at the end of Act 2?
(a) Help
(b) Guidance
(c) Money
(d) Reward

14. What concept confuses Leslie and Sarah and threatens to create a problem?
(a) Exclusivity
(b) Religion
(c) Unfaithfulness
(d) Children

15. What does Nancy explain is the reason that parents keep children besides rearing?
(a) For money
(b) For workers
(c) For company
(d) For love

Short Answer Questions

1. What person/place/thing does Charlie compare Leslie to?

2. Nancy's reaction to the lizards can be best described as true to this quality of her personality.

3. How do the lizards feel about their unrest?

4. What does Nancy crave as her life's potential?

5. What does the author want the audience to play the least attention to?

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