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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) The child hadn't been born.
(c) His father were dead.
(d) She were dead.

2. How long has the father in Desire Under the Elms been gone in the beginning of the play?
(a) Three years.
(b) Two months.
(c) Six months.
(d) Two years.

3. Who finds Professor Leeds' body?
(a) Marsden.
(b) Darrell.
(c) Nina.
(d) Mary.

4. What has Nina named her baby?
(a) Gordon.
(b) William.
(c) Sam.
(d) John.

5. Ephraim taunts Eben about the farm, saying that Abbie did what in order to get it for herself in Part 3 of Desire Under the Elms?
(a) Killed her son.
(b) Killed Simeon.
(c) Had his son.
(d) Gave him money.

6. What does Marsden say that Darrell seemed when he encountered him abroad?
(a) Jealous.
(b) Desperate.
(c) Joyful.
(d) Morose.

7. Where does Act 3 take place in Strange Interlude?
(a) Leeds' study.
(b) Marsden's study.
(c) Evans' dining room.
(d) Evans' study.

8. How much time passes between Acts 6 and 7 in Strange Interlude?
(a) Two years.
(b) One year.
(c) Eleven years.
(d) Ten years.

9. Who is the first character we are introduced to in Desire Under the Elms?
(a) Abbie.
(b) Simeon.
(c) Eben.
(d) Peter.

10. Who does Nina ask to come upstairs and help her pack, in Act 1 of Strange Interlude?
(a) Marsden.
(b) Leeds.
(c) Mary.
(d) Evans.

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

12. How old is Ephraim's new wife in Desire Under the Elms?
(a) 19.
(b) 27.
(c) 22.
(d) 35.

13. Who has Nina married in Act 3 of Strange Interlude?
(a) Darrell.
(b) Marsden.
(c) Evans.
(d) Leeds.

14. What does Nina talk about in her soliloquy at the beginning of Act 5 in Strange Interlude?
(a) Her sorrow of Leeds' death.
(b) Her love of Leeds.
(c) Her love for Marsden.
(d) Her pregnancy.

15. What has happened in Act 5 with Evan's work?
(a) He lost his job.
(b) He was promoted.
(c) He was demoted.
(d) He was relocated.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Darrell hate about Gordon in Act 7 of Strange Interlude?

2. Whose death is Nina lamenting in the beginning of Strange Interlude?

3. What is Evans trying to do at the beginning of Act 4 in Strange Interlude?

4. How old is Gordon in Act 7 of Strange Interlude?

5. How old is Ephraim in Desire Under the Elms?

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