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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Strange Interlude, Part 1, Acts 3, 4 and 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What afflicted Marsden's mother?
(a) Asthma.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) A stroke.
(d) Cancer.

2. Where has Marsden been before the play begins in Strange Interlude?
(a) Africa.
(b) China.
(c) South America.
(d) Europe.

3. How old is Ephraim in Desire Under the Elms?
(a) 59.
(b) 60.
(c) 45.
(d) 75.

4. Eben angrily denounces her and their child, telling her what Ephraim said, saying he wishes what, in Part 3 of Desire Under the Elms?
(a) He were dead.
(b) His father were dead.
(c) She were dead.
(d) The child hadn't been born.

5. What does Abbie tell Eben he's all "slicked up" like in Part 2 of Desire Under the Elms?
(a) A baby.
(b) A prize bull.
(c) A lion in winter.
(d) A city boy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Nina ask to come upstairs and help her pack, in Act 1 of Strange Interlude?

2. Who does Abbie say that Eben resembles in Part 2 of Desire Under the Elms?

3. Abbie asks whether Eben would love her again if she could prove what?

4. Who is the protagonist in Desire Under the Elms?

5. Who says, "All the other women in the world aren't worth your little finger" in Strange Interlude?

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