Strange Interlude Quizzes

Strange Interlude Quiz 1

1 What year was the play written?

1919

1930

1928

1950
2 Which of the following is not an O'Neill play?

Mourning Becomes Electra

The Iceman Cometh

The View from the Bridge

Desire Under the Elms
3 Which of the following characters does not appear onstage?

Professor Leeds

Gordon Shaw

Gordon Evans

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

Marsden

Darrell

Leeds

Nina
5 How did Gordon die?

Suicide

Illness

A car crash

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

elderly

elegant

cool

composed
7 Leeds studies ___.

French

History

Art

the Classics
8 Who is Marsden obsessed with?

His mother

His father

His sister

His aunt
9 How is Nina described by the men?

Vibrant

Angry

Healthy

Sick
10 Why does Leeds feel guilty?

He told Gordon not to sleep with Nina.

He got Gordon killed.

He hated Gordon.

He didn't care what happened to Nina.
11 Nina is described as all the following except ___.

strained

plain

athletic

pretty
12 Where does Nina plan to go?

Work at a sanitarium

Stay in a convent

Travel to Europe

Visit a cemetery
13 Why doesn't Leeds want her go?

He loves her too much.

He is scared for her.

He wants her to take care of him.

He has incestuous love for her.
14 Marsden becomes a ___ to Nina.

brother

mother figure

lover

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

young

guileless

preppy

intellectual
16 What does Nina do with the soldiers?

Hurts them

Sleeps with them

Condemns them

Nurses them
17 Darrell is ___.

hot-blooded

handsome

a doctor

serious and professional
18 Darrell wants Nina to ___.

marry him

marry Marsden

remain single

marry Sam
19 How does Nina feel about her father's death?

Emotionless

Happy

Confused

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

gets married

leaves the family home forever

has a child

joins a convent
21 What does Nina think about the Evanses' house?

It is strange.

It is boring.

It is lovely.

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

A professor

A lawyer

A novelist

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

Marsden's

Darrell's

One of the soldier's

Sam's
24 What does Mrs. Evans reveal to Nina?

Sam is not her son.

Sam has another secret family.

Sam's family has a curse.

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

Nina abort the child

Nina have a baby by another man

Nina never tell Sam what she knows

Nina find a new husband

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