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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Strange Interlude, Part 2, Acts 6 and 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who says, "It's a wise father who knows his own child" in Strange Interlude?
(a) Evans.
(b) Darrell.
(c) Marsden.
(d) Leeds.

2. Who is Nina writing a letter to at the beginning of Act 3 in Strange Interlude?
(a) Marsden.
(b) Leeds.
(c) Evans.
(d) Darrell.

3. In the final scene of Desire Under the Elms, Ephraim comments to the Sheriff that the farm is a what?
(a) Jim-dandy.
(b) Curse.
(c) Heaven.
(d) Hell.

4. In what does Ephraim say you can read the years of his life?
(a) The forest.
(b) The cows.
(c) The trees.
(d) The fence.

5. How much time has passed between Part 1 and Part 2, Scene 1 of Desire Under the Elms?
(a) Two months.
(b) Two years.
(c) Six months.
(d) One year.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where has Marsden been before the play begins in Strange Interlude?

2. Where does Eben say he's leaving to go, in Part 3, Scene 3 of Desire Under the Elms?

3. What does Ephraim say he'd turn free when he died?

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

5. Where does Act 3 take place in Strange Interlude?

(see the answer key)

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