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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. How long has Nina studied at the university?
(a) Two years.
(b) Four years.
(c) Six months.
(d) One year.

2. What does Leeds admit to Nina that he told Gordon in Act 1?
(a) To marry her secretly.
(b) To never return.
(c) To take her away.
(d) To wait until after the war to marry her.

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

4. Why does Leeds say he hated Gordon?
(a) He was jealous for Nina's love.
(b) He killed his wife.
(c) He stole money from him.
(d) He had blackmailed him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says, "Why does everyone in the world think they can write"?

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

3. What is Evans' first name?

4. Who speaks first in soliloquy in Part 1, Act 1 (the beginning of the play)?

5. Whom has Nina married in Act 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Nina reveal in reading aloud her letter in Act 3?

2. How does Marsden feel when he is left alone with Nina in Act 6?

3. How does Darrell feel about his family in Act 9?

4. What is Darrell's response to the money Evans left him in his will?

5. Where does Act 2 begin? How much time has passed since Act 1? What has happened?

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

7. Who arrives unexpectedly in Act 6? Why?

8. What does Nina say to her father and Marsden regarding her last night with Gordon?

9. What do Marsden and Leeds speak about in Act 1?

10. What does Mrs. Evans ask Nina in Act 3? What is her response?

(see the answer keys)

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