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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. Where does Evans' aunt live?

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

3. What does Nina call Marsden at the end of Act 2?

4. What does Marsden ask Darrell about?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Darrell tell Nina about Gordon's behavior towards him in Act 7?

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

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

6. What does Leeds confess to Nina in Act 1?

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

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

9. What does Gordon do with Darrell's birthday present? Why?

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

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

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how foreshadowing is employed in Strange Interlude. What events in particular are foreshadowed? Who speaks this dialogue?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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