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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 was Ephraim when he came to the farm?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Sixteen.

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

3. How much time has passed between Part 1 and Part 2, Scene 1 of Desire Under the Elms?
(a) One year.
(b) Two years.
(c) Six months.
(d) Two months.

4. In Scene 3 of Part 3 in Desire Under the Elms, Ephraim is asleep in his bedroom as Abbie confesses what to Eben?
(a) That she is leaving.
(b) That she killed Ephraim.
(c) That she killed their son.
(d) That she is killing herself.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Eben's mother was Ephraim's _____ wife.

3. Where does Nina say she is going in Part 1, Act 1 in Strange Interlude?

4. Why does Nina say she must go away in Act 1 in Strange Interlude?

5. How much money does Eben give to Simeon and Peter in Desire Under the Elms?

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