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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 Nina tell Mrs. Evans she doesn't believe in?

2. What about Nina causes concern for her father in Part 1, Act 1?

3. Who begins sobbing the moment Nina arrives at the door in Act 2?

4. What does Evans ask Marsden for as he leaves in Act 4?

5. Who does Nina ask to come upstairs and help her pack in Act 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Evans know Darrell? How does he feel about him?

2. What has happened between Acts 5 and 6? Who reveals the exposition at the beginning of this act?

3. How does Marsden feel about Nina and Darrell in Act 5? What does he intend to do about it?

4. What do Darrell and Nina agree about in the end of Act 9? Who does Darrell suggest Nina marry?

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

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

7. What do Nina's thoughts reveal about her father in Act 2?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Eugene O'Neill's writing style in Strange Interlude. What literary technique made this play unique? How has this technique affected plays, movies and television written since Strange Interlude?

Essay Topic 2

How does Nina feel about her father? Why? Describe this relationship.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the "non-character" of Gordon (the first). How does this character affect the action of the play? How is he regarded by the characters in the play?

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