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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. What does Abbie tell Eben he's all "slicked up" like in Part 2 of Desire Under the Elms?
(a) A city boy.
(b) A prize bull.
(c) A baby.
(d) A lion in winter.

2. What is Simeon's brother's name in Desire Under the Elms?
(a) Peter.
(b) Paul.
(c) Samuel.
(d) Ephraim.

3. Whose death is Nina lamenting in the beginning of Strange Interlude?
(a) Frank Marsden.
(b) Gordon Williams.
(c) Gordon Shaw.
(d) Sam Evans.

4. Who does Eben cry out to for not saving the baby in Part 3 of Desire Under the Elms?
(a) His brothers.
(b) Abbie.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother.

5. Where do the brothers in Desire Under the Elms long to go?
(a) California.
(b) New York.
(c) Maine.
(d) Ireland.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Eben offer the others money in Part 1 of Desire Under the Elms?

2. Who talked Gordon out of the marriage before the war in Strange Interlude?

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

4. How long has Nina studied at the university?

5. Who does Nina ask to come upstairs and help her pack, in Act 1 of Strange Interlude?

(see the answer key)

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