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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. How much training has Nina had as a nurse?

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

3. Who found Professor Leeds' body?

4. How does Marsden know Leeds?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What do Darrell's thoughts reveal about his feelings toward Nina and their situation in Act 5?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of "Reverence for the Father" in Strange Interlude. How does this theme apply to Nina? How does it apply to Gordon? To Darrell?

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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