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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does everyone say Nina's baby resembles?
(a) Gordon.
(b) Darrell.
(c) Marsden.
(d) Evans.

2. Why does Ned say he's going away in Act 5?
(a) To marry.
(b) To work.
(c) To write.
(d) To study.

3. Who does Nina say that Gordon resembles in Act 7?
(a) Evans.
(b) Marsden.
(c) Darrell.
(d) His namesake.

4. What does Nina tease Marsden about in Act 6?
(a) Being a bachelor.
(b) Marrying her.
(c) Loving his mother.
(d) Loving Darrell.

5. What does Darrell say he's investigated in Act 8?
(a) His history.
(b) Nina's family.
(c) The birth of Gordon.
(d) The Evans' curse.

6. How much time passes between Acts 7 and 8?
(a) Ten years.
(b) Seven months.
(c) One year.
(d) Nine months.

7. Who says, "I've lost everything in life so far because I didn't have the courage to take it--and I've hurt everyone around me"?
(a) Marsden.
(b) Gordon.
(c) Madeline.
(d) Nina.

8. How much time passes between Acts 6 and 7?
(a) Two years.
(b) One year.
(c) Eleven years.
(d) Five years.

9. What does Marsden decide to do in Act 8?
(a) Kill Nina.
(b) Kill himself.
(c) Leave forever.
(d) Get drunk.

10. What does Nina wish for in her thoughts in Act 8?
(a) For Evans to die.
(b) For Gordon to die.
(c) For Marsden to die.
(d) For her own death.

11. Who says, "It's a wise father who knows his own child"?
(a) Marsden.
(b) Gordon.
(c) Darrell.
(d) Evans.

12. Who has Nina written to in Act 6?
(a) Marsden.
(b) Mr. Evans.
(c) Dr. Warren.
(d) Mrs. Evans.

13. What event is taking place in Act 8?
(a) Gordon's marriage.
(b) Gordon's boxing match.
(c) Gordon's swim race.
(d) Gordon's rowing match.

14. What does Nina ask Darrell to help her do in Act 8?
(a) Kill Evans.
(b) Leave Marsden.
(c) End her life.
(d) Break up Gordon's engagement.

15. Whose arrival are Evans and Nina awaiting at the beginning of Act 5?
(a) Darrell's.
(b) Anderson's.
(c) Williams'.
(d) Leeds'.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nina talk about in her soliloquy at the beginning of Act 5?

2. How long has Darrell been away in Act 7?

3. What does Marsden say he hopes for in Act 8?

4. Where does Act 5 take place?

5. What does Marsden say that Darrell seemed when he encountered him abroad?

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