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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Abbie refer to the woman as that Eben is going to see, in Part 2 of Desire Under the Elms?
(a) Heffer.
(b) Witch.
(c) Hake.
(d) Hag.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Marsden encounter Darrell, before Act 6 in Strange Interlude?

2. What does Abbie say will beat Eben in Part 2 of Desire Under the Elms?

3. In what state is Ephraim, in the beginning of Part 3 of Desire Under the Elms?

4. In Scene 3 of Part 3 in Desire Under the Elms, Ephraim is asleep in his bedroom as Abbie confesses what to Eben?

5. Who is remarked to be a good dancer, in Part 3 of Desire Under the Elms?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Nina reveal in reading aloud her letter in Act 3 of Strange Interlude?

2. What has happened between Acts 5 and 6 of Strange Interlude? Who reveals the exposition at the beginning of this act?

3. What do Evans and his mother talk about in Act 3 of Strange Interlude? What does she ask him about Nina?

4. What does Darrell tell Marsden about Nina's behavior at the hospital in Strange Interlude?

5. What does Nina tease Marsden about in Act 6 of Strange Interlude that makes him angry? How does he react?

6. How does Nina feel about her family in Act 7 of Strange Interlude? How does she feel about her life and about Darrell?

7. What are Marsden's thoughts at the beginning of Act 1 in Strange Interlude?

8. What happens in the falling action and resolution of Desire Under the Elms?

9. What does Abbie confess to Eben in Part 3 in Desire Under the Elms? What is his reaction?

10. The morning after their "tryst," how do Abbie and Eben feel in Desire Under the Elms? How does Ephraim feel?

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