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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. Who says, "How we poor monkeys hide from ourselves behind the sounds of called words"?
(a) Marsden.
(b) Nina.
(c) Leeds.
(d) Darrell.

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

3. Whom has Nina married in Act 3?
(a) Smithson.
(b) Darrell.
(c) Marsden.
(d) Evans.

4. How old is Dr. Darrell in Act 2?
(a) Twenty-seven.
(b) Thirty-one.
(c) Thirty-six.
(d) Twenty-nine.

5. What secret is Nina keeping at the beginning of Act 3?
(a) She is barren.
(b) She is pregnant.
(c) She is having an affair.
(d) She is married.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many times did Marsden visit Nina while she was away between Acts 1 and 2?

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

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

5. Who drove Nina and Evans to upstate New York in Act 3?

(see the answer key)

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