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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marsden intuitively know about Nina?

2. What is Marsden's first name?

3. How old is Dr. Darrell in Act 2?

4. How much time has passed between Act 1 and Act 2?

5. Who has Nina taught to take care of her father while she's gone?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Nina tease Marsden about in Act 6 that makes him angry? How does he react?

4. What does Nina complain about to Evans in Act 8? Why?

5. What does Marsden say about his writing in Act 8?

6. What does Leeds do at the end of Act 1? What are his thoughts?

7. What does Darrell want Nina to do in Act 6? How does she respond?

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

9. When does Mrs. Evans say that Nina will see her again? Why?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of "Interlude." How does this theme manifest in Strange Interlude? Where is this title phrase used in the play? What does it describe?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of "Morality versus Happiness" in Strange Interlude. What does this theme mean? How is this expressed in the text?

Essay Topic 3

How does the character of Marsden view the other characters in Strange Interlude? What about his perspective is unique in comparison to the others?

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