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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Marsden say about Gordon's family?
(a) They had died.
(b) They were rich.
(c) They were abusive.
(d) They were low stock.

3. Who was in Gordon's class at school?
(a) Marsden.
(b) Darrell.
(c) Leeds.
(d) Evans.

4. Who has asked Nina to marry him in Act 2?
(a) Leeds.
(b) Evans.
(c) Darrell.
(d) Marsden.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Nina writing in Act 4?

2. What does Marsden ask Darrell about?

3. In what language does Leeds read at the end of Act 1?

4. Whom does Darrell have a letter for in Act 3?

5. Who has Evans invited over this evening at the beginning of Act 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Nina say she's going away in Act 1?

2. What does Nina tell Darrell that she needs help with in Act 4? What does he respond?

3. Who interrupts Gordon and Madeline in Act 9? What are this character's thoughts about them?

4. What is Nina jealous of in Act 8? Who knows about this?

5. Why has Nina not told anyone about her pregnancy in Act 3?

6. How does Darrell feel toward Evans in Act 5? What does he plan to do at the end of the act?

7. What do Marsden's thoughts reveal about Gordon in Act 4? Why did he suggest Nina write a biography about him?

8. Why does Darrell say he is able to leave his work frequently? Who asks him about this in Act 7?

9. What does Nina's mother-in-law tell her about the Evans' family?

10. What does Nina say to her father after his confession?

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