Strange Interlude Quizzes

Strange Interlude Quiz 1

1 What year was the play written?

1919

1928

1950

1930
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?

Madeline

Gordon Evans

Professor Leeds

Gordon Shaw
4 Which character is the first to reveal the technique of the aside?

Leeds

Nina

Darrell

Marsden
5 How did Gordon die?

A car crash

Illness

In the war

Suicide
6 Marsden is described as all the following except ___.

cool

elegant

composed

elderly
7 Leeds studies ___.

French

the Classics

History

Art
8 Who is Marsden obsessed with?

His sister

His father

His mother

His aunt
9 How is Nina described by the men?

Vibrant

Healthy

Angry

Sick
10 Why does Leeds feel guilty?

He told Gordon not to sleep with Nina.

He got Gordon killed.

He didn't care what happened to Nina.

He hated Gordon.
11 Nina is described as all the following except ___.

strained

athletic

pretty

plain
12 Where does Nina plan to go?

Work at a sanitarium

Stay in a convent

Visit a cemetery

Travel to Europe
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.

brother

lover

father figure

mother figure
15 Sam is all of the following except ___.

intellectual

preppy

guileless

young
16 What does Nina do with the soldiers?

Sleeps with them

Nurses them

Condemns them

Hurts them
17 Darrell is ___.

serious and professional

hot-blooded

handsome

a doctor
18 Darrell wants Nina to ___.

marry Sam

marry Marsden

marry him

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

Emotionless

Despairing

Happy

Confused
20 Nina decides she will feel happy if she ___.

leaves the family home forever

has a child

joins a convent

gets married
21 What does Nina think about the Evanses' house?

It is boring.

It is strange.

It is lovely.

It is warm.
22 What is Marsden's profession?

A musician

A novelist

A lawyer

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

Marsden's

Darrell's

Sam's

One of the soldier's
24 What does Mrs. Evans reveal to Nina?

Sam is not her son.

Sam is very sick and going to die soon.

Sam's family has a curse.

Sam has another secret family.
25 Mrs. Evans suggests all the following except ___.

Nina never tell Sam what she knows

Nina abort the child

Nina find a new husband

Nina have a baby by another man

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