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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Charlie feel about Nancy's attempt to infuse enthusiasm into their relationship?
(a) Indifferent
(b) Surprised
(c) Hopeful
(d) Willing

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

4. What concept do the lizards parallel?
(a) The industrial revolution
(b) Imperialism
(c) The evolution of man
(d) Capitalism

5. How does Nancy feel about the sound that interrupts the couple?
(a) Nancy is overwhelmed
(b) Nancy is in awe
(c) Nancy is scared
(d) Nancy is panicked

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Charlie's ideal life?

2. Where does the setting open in Act 1?

3. Where does Charlie want to retire?

4. What is the best description of the twig that Nancy chose as defense?

5. What sound interrupts Charlie and Nancy's conversation?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Charlie and Nancy initially react to the presence of the lizards?

2. What will happen if Charlie is unwilling to go along with Nancy's retirement dreams?

3. How does Nancy react to her husbands question of Sarah?

4. Has Charlie ever had an affair? Explain.

5. What does Charlie immediately blame the existence of the lizards on?

6. What happens to the lizards as a jet flies overhead?

7. How does Charlie try to defend himself and his wife against the sea creatures?

8. Describe the first time Nancy feels fear of the sea creatures.

9. What does Charlie discuss with the lizards after they tell him why they left their home in the sea?

10. How do Sarah and Charlie react to the exposure of Nancy's breasts?

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