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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. Who does Eben leave to find at the end of Desire Under the Elms?
(a) His mother.
(b) His father.
(c) The Sheriff.
(d) His brothers.

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

3. What do Peter and Simeon taunt Ephraim with when he enters, in Desire Under the Elms?
(a) Knock-knock jokes.
(b) A handkerchief.
(c) Lullabyes.
(d) A folksong.

4. How old is the character, Simeon, in Desire Under the Elms?
(a) 19.
(b) 42.
(c) 25.
(d) 39.

5. What is Evans trying to do at the beginning of Act 4 in Strange Interlude?
(a) Type ads.
(b) Clean house.
(c) Write a novel.
(d) Cook dinner.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Marsden do for a living?

3. What has happened in Act 5 with Evan's work?

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

5. Where is the main room in which the dancing is taking place in Part 3 of Desire Under the Elms?

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