Strange Interlude Quizzes

Strange Interlude Quiz 1

1 What year was the play written?
1928

1930

1950

1919
2 Which of the following is not an O'Neill play?
The View from the Bridge

Desire Under the Elms

Mourning Becomes Electra

The Iceman Cometh
3 Which of the following characters does not appear onstage?
Gordon Shaw

Madeline

Gordon Evans

Professor Leeds
4 Which character is the first to reveal the technique of the aside?
Marsden

Darrell

Nina

Leeds
5 How did Gordon die?
Illness

A car crash

Suicide

In the war
6 Marsden is described as all the following except ___.
composed

elegant

elderly

cool
7 Leeds studies ___.
History

French

the Classics

Art
8 Who is Marsden obsessed with?
His sister

His mother

His aunt

His father
9 How is Nina described by the men?
Angry

Vibrant

Sick

Healthy
10 Why does Leeds feel guilty?
He didn't care what happened to Nina.

He told Gordon not to sleep with Nina.

He hated Gordon.

He got Gordon killed.
11 Nina is described as all the following except ___.
athletic

strained

plain

pretty
12 Where does Nina plan to go?
Work at a sanitarium

Travel to Europe

Stay in a convent

Visit a cemetery
13 Why doesn't Leeds want her go?
He is scared for her.

He wants her to take care of him.

He has incestuous love for her.

He loves her too much.
14 Marsden becomes a ___ to Nina.
father figure

mother figure

lover

brother
15 Sam is all of the following except ___.
guileless

young

preppy

intellectual
16 What does Nina do with the soldiers?
Nurses them

Condemns them

Hurts them

Sleeps with them
17 Darrell is ___.
serious and professional

handsome

hot-blooded

a doctor
18 Darrell wants Nina to ___.
marry Marsden

marry Sam

marry him

remain single
19 How does Nina feel about her father's death?
Emotionless

Confused

Happy

Despairing
20 Nina decides she will feel happy if she ___.
gets married

has a child

leaves the family home forever

joins a convent
21 What does Nina think about the Evanses' house?
It is strange.

It is boring.

It is warm.

It is lovely.
22 What is Marsden's profession?
A musician

A lawyer

A novelist

A professor
23 Nina is pregnant at the beginning of Act Three with whose baby?
Sam's

Marsden's

Darrell's

One of the soldier's
24 What does Mrs. Evans reveal to Nina?
Sam's family has a curse.

Sam is not her son.

Sam has another secret family.

Sam is very sick and going to die soon.
25 Mrs. Evans suggests all the following except ___.
Nina abort the child

Nina never tell Sam what she knows

Nina have a baby by another man

Nina find a new husband

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