Strange Interlude | Short Question Answer Key

Short Answer Key

Part 1, Act 1

1. Where does Part 1, Act 1 take place?

Leeds' study.

2. Who speaks first in soliloquy in Part 1, Act 1 (the beginning of the play)?

Marsden.

3. Where has Marsden been before the play begins?

Europe.

4. What does Marsden do for a living?

He is a writer.

5. Whom does Marsden suspect his mother is jealous of?

Nina.

6. How does Marsden know Leeds?

He was his professor.

7. Whose death is Nina lamenting in the beginning of the play?

Gordon Shaw.

8. What about Nina causes concern for her father in Part 1, Act 1?

Her erratic behavior.

9. What does Marsden tell Leeds he's found in Part 1, Act 1?

The site of Gordon's crash.

10. Who talked Gordon out of the marriage before the war?

Professor Leeds.

11. When does Nina announce that she is leaving in Part...
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