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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Strange Interlude, Part 1, Acts 1 and 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Eben offer the others money in Part 1 of Desire Under the Elms?
(a) To sell the farm.
(b) To bribe them to kill their father.
(c) To hire new workers.
(d) To sign over the farm.

3. With whom does Eben go to sleep in Part 2 of Desire Under the Elms?
(a) Jenny.
(b) Minnie.
(c) Sarah.
(d) The cows.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Ephraim say the farm is made of, in Part 2 of Desire Under the Elms?

3. In the final scene of Desire Under the Elms, Ephraim comments to the Sheriff that the farm is a what?

4. Who is the first character we are introduced to in Desire Under the Elms?

5. What does Ephraim say the house has always been, in Part 2 of Desire Under the Elms?

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