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

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

3. What does Abbie tell Eben he's all "slicked up" like in Part 2 of Desire Under the Elms?
(a) A lion in winter.
(b) A city boy.
(c) A baby.
(d) A prize bull.

4. Who does Nina ask to come upstairs and help her pack, in Act 1 of Strange Interlude?
(a) Mary.
(b) Marsden.
(c) Leeds.
(d) Evans.

5. What is the father's name in Desire Under the Elms?
(a) Ephraim.
(b) Eben.
(c) Peter.
(d) Samuel.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the final scene of Desire Under the Elms, Ephraim comments to the Sheriff that the farm is a what?

2. Ephraim calls Abbie his what, in Part 2 of Desire Under the Elms?

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

4. Why does Leeds say he hated Gordon?

5. Who says, "It's a wise father who knows his own child" in Strange Interlude?

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