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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has Sarah never seen before?
(a) Ears
(b) Toes
(c) Legs
(d) Mammaries

2. What begins to happen as the lizards and the humans interact and try to understand each other better?
(a) They laugh
(b) They grow belligerent
(c) They grow weary
(d) They grow happy

3. How is Leslie and Sarah's coupling different from Charlie and Nancy?
(a) It was spontaneous
(b) It was instinctive
(c) It was aggressive
(d) It was arranged

4. What does the author want the audience to play the least attention to?
(a) Issues of domesticity and child-rearing
(b) Issues of business and law
(c) Issues of friendship
(d) Issues of lesser consequence

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

6. How many eggs does Sarah reveal she and Leslie have produced?
(a) 70,000
(b) 700
(c) 7,000
(d) 70

7. What prize did Edward Albee win for the play, Seascape?
(a) The Man Book Prize
(b) The Pulitzer
(c) The PEN Award
(d) The Newberry

8. What sounds appealing to Sarah during the discussion on exclusivity?
(a) Having a handsome partner
(b) Having a rich partner
(c) Having a faithful partner
(d) Having a strong partner

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

10. Who does Charlie engage in a conversation with after Nancy begins to speak?
(a) Sarah
(b) Charlie interrupts Nancy
(c) Leslie
(d) himself

11. What does Nancy urge her husband to do?
(a) Talk to Sarah
(b) Talk to Leslie
(c) Walk away from the beach
(d) Talk to her

12. How do Charlie and Nancy react to the actions of the lizards as they first approach them in a submissive position?
(a) They don't move
(b) Charlie and Nancy scream for their life
(c) They get up and run
(d) They begin to cry

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

14. In addition to progress, evolution, and the Women's Movement, what does Albee also touch on in Seascape?
(a) Global warming
(b) Environmental issues
(c) The drop out rate
(d) Domestic violence

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Nancy and Charlie, when do humans stop child rearing?

2. What are the lizards unable to grasp?

3. Why did Leslie choose Sarah as a partner?

4. How do each couple engage in communication as a result of their failed first attempt?

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

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