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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who has Evans invited over this evening at the beginning of Act 4?
(a) Marsden.
(b) Darrell.
(c) Smithson.
(d) Leeds.

2. Where does Part 1, Act 1 take place?
(a) Leeds' kitchen.
(b) Marsden's study.
(c) Leeds' study.
(d) Nina's bedroom.

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

4. Who is Nina writing a letter to at the beginning of Act 3?
(a) Evans.
(b) Marsden.
(c) Leeds.
(d) Darrell.

5. How much time has passed between Act 1 and Act 2?
(a) Ten years.
(b) Sixteen years.
(c) About a year.
(d) Two years.

6. What is Evans' mother worried about?
(a) Nina having a baby.
(b) Nina not liking her.
(c) Nina having an affair.
(d) Nina leaving Evans.

7. Who calls thoughts, "mosquitoes of the soul"?
(a) Darrell.
(b) Evans.
(c) Marsden.
(d) Nina.

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

9. What does Nina complain to her father about in Part 1, Act 1?
(a) Being lectured by him.
(b) His lack of love.
(c) His forcing her to marry.
(d) His stinginess with money.

10. What does Nina suggest to Darrell in Act 4?
(a) That he kill Evans.
(b) That he father her child.
(c) That he leave forever.
(d) That he kill her.

11. Who does Mrs. Evans tell Nina she won't see again?
(a) Mrs. Evans.
(b) Evans.
(c) Gordon.
(d) Darrell.

12. Who does Nina say died to her when Gordon died?
(a) Her love.
(b) All men.
(c) Her son.
(d) Her father.

13. Whom does Darrell say he couldn't share a woman with?
(a) A husband.
(b) Her father.
(c) A ghost.
(d) Her mother.

14. When does Nina announce that she is leaving in Part 1, Act 1?
(a) Two months.
(b) Next week.
(c) One month.
(d) That night.

15. What is Evans trying to do at the beginning of Act 4?
(a) Play piano.
(b) Type ads.
(c) Clean.
(d) Make breakfast.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nina regret bitterly about Gordon's departure?

2. What does Evans' mother call him?

3. What does Nina write about not liking in her letter in Act 3?

4. Where has Marsden been before the play begins?

5. Why does Marsden say he can't stay long in Act 4?

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