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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who startles Marsden by standing outside the doorway in Act 2?
(a) Nina.
(b) Leeds.
(c) Evans.
(d) Darrell.

2. Who has Nina taught to take care of her father while she's gone?
(a) Jennifer.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Anna.
(d) Mary.

3. Where does Act 2 take place?
(a) The hospital.
(b) Marsden's study.
(c) Leeds' study.
(d) The yacht.

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

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

6. Who says, "Why does everyone in the world think they can write"?
(a) Nina.
(b) Evans.
(c) Marsden.
(d) Darrell.

7. What does Marsden ask Darrell about?
(a) His father.
(b) His will.
(c) His mother.
(d) His inheritance.

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

9. Who is sitting in the room at the beginning of Act 2?
(a) Marsden.
(b) Nina.
(c) Leeds.
(d) Evans.

10. What does Nina say she feels for Evans in Act 4?
(a) Love.
(b) Jealousy.
(c) Pity.
(d) Remorse.

11. How much training has Nina had as a nurse?
(a) Six months.
(b) One year.
(c) Three years.
(d) Two years.

12. How old is Evans' mother in Act 3?
(a) Sixty-five.
(b) Fifty-eight.
(c) Seventy.
(d) Forty-five.

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

14. Why does Leeds insist that Nina not leave in Act 1?
(a) She is sick.
(b) She is promiscuous.
(c) She is frivolous.
(d) She is naive.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who calls thoughts, "mosquitoes of the soul"?

3. 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"?

4. Where has Marsden been before the play begins?

5. How long has Nina studied at the university?

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