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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Strange Interlude, Part 1, Acts 3, 4 and 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is the first character we are introduced to in Desire Under the Elms?
(a) Abbie.
(b) Simeon.
(c) Peter.
(d) Eben.

3. How long has the father in Desire Under the Elms been gone in the beginning of the play?
(a) Two years.
(b) Six months.
(c) Three years.
(d) Two months.

4. Why does Leeds say he hated Gordon?
(a) He was envious of his wealth.
(b) He was jealous of Nina's love.
(c) He stole his wife.
(d) He was jealous of Marsden's love.

5. What does Nina talk about in her soliloquy at the beginning of Act 5 in Strange Interlude?
(a) Her pregnancy.
(b) Her love of Leeds.
(c) Her sorrow of Leeds' death.
(d) Her love for Marsden.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Abbie tell Eben he's all "slicked up" like in Part 2 of Desire Under the Elms?

2. Who has Nina married in Act 3 of Strange Interlude?

3. How does Marsden know Leeds?

4. Whose death is Nina lamenting in the beginning of Strange Interlude?

5. How old is Ephraim in Desire Under the Elms?

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