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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Marsden encounter Darrell, before Act 6 in Strange Interlude?
(a) Paris.
(b) Wales.
(c) London.
(d) Munich.

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

3. What does Ephraim say God is in Part 2 of Desire Under the Elms?
(a) Valiant.
(b) Hard.
(c) Easy.
(d) Just.

4. How does Eben react to Abbie's confession in Part 3 of Desire Under the Elms?
(a) With rage and disgust.
(b) With jealousy.
(c) With joy and admiration.
(d) With love and appreciation.

5. In what state is Ephraim, in the beginning of Part 3 of Desire Under the Elms?
(a) Morose.
(b) Angry.
(c) Drunk.
(d) Jovial.

6. What song does the fiddler play in Part 3 of Desire Under the Elms?
(a) The Needle in the Haystack.
(b) Lady on the Lake.
(c) The Moonlight Brigade.
(d) The Sunlight Waltz.

7. How long does Evans say he and Nina have been sleeping separately, in Act 4 of Strange Interlude?
(a) Five months.
(b) One year.
(c) Nine months.
(d) Five years.

8. 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) Had his son.
(b) Killed her son.
(c) Killed Simeon.
(d) Gave him money.

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

10. In what language does Leeds read at the end of Act 1 in Strange Interlude?
(a) French.
(b) English.
(c) Latin.
(d) German.

11. How old is Ephraim in Part 3 of Desire Under the Elms?
(a) 76.
(b) 81.
(c) 79.
(d) 69.

12. What is Evans' first name?
(a) Sam.
(b) William.
(c) John.
(d) James.

13. Where does Nina say she is going in Part 1, Act 1 in Strange Interlude?
(a) To work at a school.
(b) To work at a farm.
(c) To work at a sanitarium.
(d) To work in Europe.

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

15. How old is the character, Simeon, in Desire Under the Elms?
(a) 19.
(b) 39.
(c) 42.
(d) 25.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much time has passed between Part 2 and Part 3 of Desire Under the Elms?

2. In Part 1 of Desire Under the Elms, how long has it been since Simeon's woman died?

3. Who speaks first in soliloquy in Part 1, Act 1 of Strange Interlude?

4. How much training has Nina had as a nurse?

5. What city does Act 7 of Strange Interlude take place in?

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