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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Mourning Becomes Electra - Homecoming, Acts 1 and 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. In Part 2 of Desire Under the Elms, Ephraim prays, "An' God hearkened unto _____!".
(a) Jesus.
(b) Mary.
(c) Me.
(d) Rachel.

5. Who is remarked to be a good dancer, in Part 3 of Desire Under the Elms?
(a) Abbie.
(b) Eprhaim.
(c) Eben.
(d) Simeon.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Eben react to Abbie's confession in Part 3 of Desire Under the Elms?

2. Eben angrily denounces her and their child, telling her what Ephraim said, saying he wishes what, in Part 3 of Desire Under the Elms?

3. How long does Evans say he and Nina have been sleeping separately, in Act 4 of Strange Interlude?

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

5. What war has the Mannon patriarch been fighting, in Act 1 of Homecoming?

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