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

2. Where does Act 2 take place?

3. What is Evans' mother worried about?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Nina feel about Evans in Act 4? How does this relate to her pregnancy?

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

4. How does Gordon feel about Darrell in Act 7? How does he respond to Darrell's comments about Evans?

5. Why does Nina say she's going away in Act 1?

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

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

8. What does Marsden contemplate about Darrell at the beginning of Act 6? Where has Marsden been?

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

10. What does Nina say about God's indifference in Act 2?

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

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 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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