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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does everyone say Nina's baby resembles?
(a) Marsden.
(b) Evans.
(c) Darrell.
(d) Leeds.

3. How long does Marsden say it's been since he's written, in Act 6 in Strange Interlude?
(a) Two months.
(b) Over a year.
(c) Six months.
(d) Two years.

4. What does Nina talk about in her soliloquy at the beginning of Act 5 in Strange Interlude?
(a) Her love of Leeds.
(b) Her sorrow of Leeds' death.
(c) Her pregnancy.
(d) Her love for Marsden.

5. Who talked Gordon out of the marriage before the war in Strange Interlude?
(a) Evans.
(b) Darrell.
(c) Leeds.
(d) Marsden.

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

7. What does Darrell hate about Gordon in Act 7 of Strange Interlude?
(a) His name.
(b) His appearance.
(c) His demeanor.
(d) His temper.

8. How long does Evans say he and Nina have been sleeping separately, in Act 4 of Strange Interlude?
(a) Five years.
(b) Five months.
(c) One year.
(d) Nine months.

9. How long has Nina studied at the university?
(a) Two years.
(b) Four years.
(c) Six years.
(d) One year.

10. Who says, "All the other women in the world aren't worth your little finger" in Strange Interlude?
(a) Leeds.
(b) Darrell.
(c) Evans.
(d) Marsden.

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

12. In what language does Leeds read at the end of Act 1 in Strange Interlude?
(a) German.
(b) French.
(c) Latin.
(d) English.

13. What does Ephraim say God is in Part 2 of Desire Under the Elms?
(a) Hard.
(b) Easy.
(c) Valiant.
(d) Just.

14. With whom does Eben go to sleep in Part 2 of Desire Under the Elms?
(a) The cows.
(b) Minnie.
(c) Jenny.
(d) Sarah.

15. How much training has Nina had as a nurse?
(a) Six months.
(b) Six years.
(c) Two years.
(d) One year.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Abbie tease Eben about in Part 2 of Desire Under the Elms?

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

3. What has Nina named her baby?

4. Eben angrily denounces her and their child, telling her what Ephraim said, saying he wishes what, in Part 3 of Desire Under the Elms?

5. Where has Marsden been before the play begins in Strange Interlude?

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