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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How do the lizards act when Nancy explains human reproduction?
(a) Confused
(b) Bored
(c) Incredulous
(d) Excited

4. What is the primary reason the lizards feel they have to leave the sea?
(a) They want an adventure
(b) They don't belong
(c) They don't like it
(d) They don't get along with the other lizards

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

6. How does Charlie feel after he understands that the lizards do not understand him and his discussion on change?
(a) Antagonistic
(b) Peaceful
(c) Happy
(d) Indifferent

7. What does Charlie bring up as the lizards explain about their feelings for leaving the sea?
(a) The theory of progress
(b) The biography of Charles Darwin
(c) Einstein's theory of relativity
(d) The theory of evolution

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

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

10. What does Nancy crave as her life's potential?
(a) Education
(b) Business sense
(c) Power
(d) Adventure

11. What do Charlie and Nancy mostly do to each other throughout the entire Act 2?
(a) Love each other
(b) Frustrate each other
(c) Belittle each other
(d) Annoy each other

12. What is the name of the female lizard?
(a) Sally
(b) Martha
(c) Nancy
(d) Sarah

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

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

15. What are Leslie and Sarah in the process of without even knowing it?
(a) The process of reproduction
(b) The process of progress
(c) The process of decline
(d) The process of evolution

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nancy say that Charlie believes himself and Nancy to be?

2. What flies overhead as the men are arguing?

3. Why does the lizard couple appear to have better communication with each other?

4. What does Nancy explain is the reason that parents keep children besides rearing?

5. How does Nancy feel about her husband's insensitivity when he asks Sarah personal questions?

(see the answer keys)

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