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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Strange Interlude, Part 2, Acts 6 and 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Eben angrily denounces her and their child, telling her what Ephraim said, saying he wishes what, in Part 3 of Desire Under the Elms?
(a) The child hadn't been born.
(b) He were dead.
(c) She were dead.
(d) His father were dead.

2. In Scene 3 of Part 3 in Desire Under the Elms, Ephraim is asleep in his bedroom as Abbie confesses what to Eben?
(a) That she killed their son.
(b) That she is killing herself.
(c) That she is leaving.
(d) That she killed Ephraim.

3. When does Nina announce that she is leaving in Part 1, Act 1 in Strange Interlude?
(a) Next week.
(b) Tomorrow.
(c) That night.
(d) Next month.

4. Where is the main room in which the dancing is taking place in Part 3 of Desire Under the Elms?
(a) The living room.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) The parlor.
(d) The barn.

5. In the final scene of Desire Under the Elms, Ephraim comments to the Sheriff that the farm is a what?
(a) Curse.
(b) Hell.
(c) Heaven.
(d) Jim-dandy.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who does Eben cry out to for not saving the baby in Part 3 of Desire Under the Elms?

4. How much time has passed between Part 1 and Part 2, Scene 1 of Desire Under the Elms?

5. What does Nina talk about in her soliloquy at the beginning of Act 5 in Strange Interlude?

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