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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. Why does Nina say she must go away in Act 1?

2. Who are Nina and Evans visiting in Act 3?

3. Who calls thoughts, "mosquitoes of the soul"?

4. What does Darrell tell Marsden that Nina has been while away at the sanitorium?

5. How much time passes between Acts 3 and 4?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does Mrs. Evans say about Nina leaving Evans in Act 3? How does Nina respond?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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