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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How old is Evans in Act 2?
(a) Thirty.
(b) Twenty-eight.
(c) Twenty-one.
(d) Twenty-five.

4. What does Nina tell Mrs. Evans she doesn't believe in?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Abortion.
(c) Love.
(d) God the Father.

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

6. What is Dr. Darrell's first name?
(a) James.
(b) Ned.
(c) Charles.
(d) Sam.

7. What does Evans fear in Act 4?
(a) That he's sterile.
(b) That his mother died.
(c) That Nina is dying.
(d) That Nina loves him too much.

8. What is Nina writing in Act 4?
(a) Letters.
(b) Ads.
(c) Gordon's biography.
(d) A newspaper article.

9. Where does Nina say she is going in Part 1, Act 1?
(a) To Italy.
(b) To London.
(c) To work at the university.
(d) To work at a sanatorium.

10. Who speaks first in soliloquy in Part 1, Act 1 (the beginning of the play)?
(a) Evans.
(b) Marsden.
(c) Nina.
(d) Leeds.

11. What business is Evans in?
(a) Advertising.
(b) Machine sales.
(c) Architecture.
(d) Medicine.

12. What does Nina tell Marsden that Darrell did after kissing her?
(a) Ran from the room.
(b) Cried.
(c) Looked afraid.
(d) Looked disgusted with himself.

13. What does Marsden intuitively know about Nina?
(a) That she is leaving Evans.
(b) That she had an abortion.
(c) That she sold their papers.
(d) That she secretly loves him.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What secret is Nina keeping at the beginning of Act 3?

2. Who was in Gordon's class at school?

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

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

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

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