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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. What is the name of Ephraim's new wife in Desire Under the Elms?
(a) Jenny.
(b) Minnie.
(c) Abbie.
(d) Sarah.

2. Who is Nina writing a letter to at the beginning of Act 3 in Strange Interlude?
(a) Leeds.
(b) Marsden.
(c) Darrell.
(d) Evans.

3. Where does Eben say he's leaving to go, in Part 3, Scene 3 of Desire Under the Elms?
(a) Canada.
(b) New Mexico.
(c) California.
(d) Ireland.

4. Who says, "All the other women in the world aren't worth your little finger" in Strange Interlude?
(a) Darrell.
(b) Leeds.
(c) Marsden.
(d) Evans.

5. Ephraim taunts Eben about the farm, saying that Abbie did what in order to get it for herself in Part 3 of Desire Under the Elms?
(a) Gave him money.
(b) Had his son.
(c) Killed her son.
(d) Killed Simeon.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why does Leeds say he hated Gordon?

4. When does Nina announce that she is leaving in Part 1, Act 1 in Strange Interlude?

5. In what year does Desire Under the Elms take place?

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