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

2. What does Marsden ask Darrell about?

3. Whom does Marsden suspect his mother is jealous of?

4. Who startles Marsden by standing outside the doorway in Act 2?

5. How does Marsden know Leeds?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Darrell tell Nina about Gordon's behavior towards him in Act 7?

2. What do Marsden's thoughts reveal about Nina in Act 3?

3. What does Darrell expose in Act 7 about his feelings of the family situation? What does he feel about Gordon?

4. What does Darrell tell Marsden about Nina's behavior at the hospital?

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

6. What does Nina think about doing in the end of Act 9? What are her feelings?

7. What exposition is provided by Nina's thoughts in the beginning of Act 5? How does Nina feel about Darrell?

8. Why does Leeds believe that Nina hates him?

9. What is happening in the beginning of Act 9?

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 how foreshadowing is employed in Strange Interlude. What events in particular are foreshadowed? Who speaks this dialogue?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the character of Gordon (Nina's son). Whom does this character most resemble in the play? How does he feel about Nina? What is his relationship to his father like?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss O'Neill's use of soliloquy in Strange Interlude. How was this portrayed on stage? What insights does this technique lend the audience as opposed to plays without employing this technique?

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