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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 Evans' mother call him?

2. Where does Nina say she is going in Part 1, Act 1?

3. What is Evans' mother worried about?

4. Who says, "All the other women in the world aren't worth your little finger"?

5. Whom has Nina married in Act 3?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Nina say to Darrell regarding love and marriage in Act 4?

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

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

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

8. What does Marsden say about his mother's illness in Act 5? Why does Nina admonish him?

9. What does Marsden ask Darrell about regarding his mother in Act 4? What is his response?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Describe the plot of Strange Interlude. Include the definitions for action, objective, rising action, climax, and falling action as well as citing where these occur in the text.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the character of Nina. How old is she in the beginning of the play, and at the end? What is her demeanor? How does this character change in the course of the play?

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