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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Act 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who begins sobbing the moment Nina arrives at the door in Act 2?
(a) Evans.
(b) Mary.
(c) Leeds.
(d) Marsden.

2. What does Leeds admit to Nina that he told Gordon in Act 1?
(a) To take her away.
(b) To never return.
(c) To wait until after the war to marry her.
(d) To marry her secretly.

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

4. Where has Marsden been before the play begins?
(a) Japan.
(b) South America.
(c) Europe.
(d) Mexico.

5. Who found Professor Leeds' body?
(a) Evans.
(b) Nina.
(c) Darrell.
(d) Marsden.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Leeds say he hated Gordon?

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

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

5. Who startles Marsden by standing outside the doorway in Act 2?

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