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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. How much time has passed between Part 2 and Part 3 of Desire Under the Elms?
(a) Four months.
(b) Three years.
(c) Six months.
(d) One year.

2. Why does Eben offer the others money in Part 1 of Desire Under the Elms?
(a) To bribe them to kill their father.
(b) To sell the farm.
(c) To hire new workers.
(d) To sign over the farm.

3. What is Simeon's brother's name in Desire Under the Elms?
(a) Peter.
(b) Samuel.
(c) Ephraim.
(d) Paul.

4. In Part 1 of Desire Under the Elms, how long has it been since Simeon's woman died?
(a) 18 years.
(b) 22 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 15 years.

5. How old is Ephraim's new wife in Desire Under the Elms?
(a) 35.
(b) 19.
(c) 22.
(d) 27.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Eben go to sleep in Part 2 of Desire Under the Elms?

2. Where does Marsden accuse Nina of getting her ideas from, in Act 1 of Strange Interlude?

3. Who speaks first in soliloquy in Part 1, Act 1 of Strange Interlude?

4. Who is remarked to be a good dancer, in Part 3 of Desire Under the Elms?

5. Who finds Professor Leeds' body?

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