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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Act 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Nina say she must go away in Act 1?
(a) To pay her duty to Gordon.
(b) To find a husband.
(c) To break a curse.
(d) To make money for the family.

2. Who does Nina ask to come upstairs and help her pack in Act 1?
(a) Evans.
(b) Leeds.
(c) Marsden.
(d) Darrell.

3. How does Marsden know Leeds?
(a) He was his father's accountant.
(b) He was his professor.
(c) He worked for him at the hospital.
(d) He arranged his wedding.

4. What does Mrs. Evans' tell Nina about the Evans family?
(a) It has a history of insanity.
(b) It has a history of epilepsy.
(c) It is powerful.
(d) It is associated with crime.

5. Whom does Marsden suspect his mother is jealous of?
(a) Leeds.
(b) Darrell.
(c) Nina.
(d) Evans.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who says, "I used to wish I'd gone out deliberate in our first year, without my husband knowing, and picked a man, a healthy male to breed by, same's we do with stock, to give the man I loved a healthy child"?

3. Who are Nina and Evans visiting in Act 3?

4. How much time has passed between Acts 2 and 3?

5. What does Nina call Marsden at the end of Act 2?

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