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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Mourning Becomes Electra - Homecoming, Acts 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Nina say she must go away in Act 1 in Strange Interlude?
(a) To meet a husband.
(b) To make money for the family.
(c) To gain forgiveness from God.
(d) To pay duty to Gordon.

2. Ephraim calls Abbie his what, in Part 2 of Desire Under the Elms?
(a) Hen o' the house.
(b) Dovie Love.
(c) Rose o' Sharon.
(d) Missy Sparkle.

3. Where is Act 2 of Homecoming set?
(a) Ezra's bedroom.
(b) Outside the Mannon home.
(c) Ezra's study.
(d) The parlor.

4. Who is the first character we are introduced to in Desire Under the Elms?
(a) Abbie.
(b) Simeon.
(c) Eben.
(d) Peter.

5. Eben's mother was Ephraim's _____ wife.
(a) Fourth.
(b) Third.
(c) First.
(d) Second.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 2 of Desire Under the Elms, Ephraim prays, "An' God hearkened unto _____!".

2. What war has the Mannon patriarch been fighting, in Act 1 of Homecoming?

3. Who says, "All the other women in the world aren't worth your little finger" in Strange Interlude?

4. Who does Nina ask to come upstairs and help her pack, in Act 1 of Strange Interlude?

5. Who is Nina writing a letter to at the beginning of Act 3 in Strange Interlude?

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