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

2. Who does Abbie say that Eben resembles in Part 2 of Desire Under the Elms?
(a) His mother.
(b) Peter.
(c) Simeon.
(d) Ephraim.

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

4. What has happened in Act 5 with Evan's work?
(a) He was promoted.
(b) He was relocated.
(c) He was demoted.
(d) He lost his job.

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) Killed Simeon.
(c) Had his son.
(d) Killed her son.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the brothers in Desire Under the Elms long to go?

2. Abbie asks whether Eben would love her again if she could prove what?

3. Who does Eben call on to take vengeance on Abbie for her deception?

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

5. Who has died in Act 5 in Strange Interlude?

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