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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Nancy speak to first?
(a) Leslie
(b) Charlie
(c) Sarah
(d) herself

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

3. Because Charlie is not willing to let a male of any species view his wife's breasts, what does he do?
(a) Charlie covers Leslie eyes with his hands
(b) Charlie covers up his wife
(c) Charlie thwarts Leslie's view
(d) Charlie attacks Leslie

4. What does that author want the audience to pay the most attention to?
(a) Important reproductive issues
(b) Important social issues
(c) Important biological issues
(d) Important domestic issues

5. Who does Charlie say is inside planes and underwater in machines?
(a) Bird
(b) Reptile
(c) Man
(d) Fish

6. Nancy's reaction to the lizards can be best described as true to this quality of her personality.
(a) She is in awe
(b) She is horrified
(c) She is paralyzed in fear
(d) She is fascinated

7. What does Charlie try to explain to Leslie is the difference between their search for a mate?
(a) Lizards look for love
(b) Humans are immature
(c) Lizards are more simple
(d) Humans look for love

8. What does Leslie do to Charlie in an effort to elicit a response from him?
(a) Leslie spits on Charlie
(b) Leslie kicks Charlie hard
(c) Leslie pokes Charlie hard
(d) Leslie tries to lift Charlie up

9. What does Nancy say that Charlie believes himself and Nancy to be?
(a) Sad
(b) Alive
(c) Dead
(d) Happy

10. How does Nancy feel about her husband's insensitivity when he asks Sarah personal questions?
(a) Outraged
(b) Joyful
(c) Entitled
(d) Indifferent

11. Why did Leslie choose Sarah as a partner?
(a) She was the longest lizard
(b) She was the fastest lizard
(c) She was the prettiest lizard
(d) She was the strongest lizard

12. What simple act is even challenging between the lizards and the humans?
(a) Walking
(b) Making a sand castle
(c) Swimming
(d) Shaking hands

13. Which combination of lizards and humans are uncertain of each other right away?
(a) Charlie and Sarah
(b) Leslie and Nancy
(c) Charlie and Leslie
(d) Nancy and Sarah

14. Why does the lizard couple appear to have better communication with each other?
(a) They rely on instinct
(b) They rely on physical communication
(c) They rely on language
(d) They rely on attraction

15. What is the author's purpose of the play?
(a) To explore reptilian life on earth
(b) To explore procreation and child-rearing
(c) To explore evolution and progress
(d) To explore sex and love

Short Answer Questions

1. What pertinent questions does Charlie ask Sarah regarding their home and life together?

2. What does the topic of mammaries lead to a discussion of?

3. What does Nancy do to continue to communicate with the lizards?

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

5. What does Nancy want so desperately that she will entertain a friendship from another species?

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