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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Abbie say that Eben resembles in Part 2 of Desire Under the Elms?
(a) Peter.
(b) Simeon.
(c) His mother.
(d) Ephraim.

2. Where does Nina say she is going in Part 1, Act 1 in Strange Interlude?
(a) To work at a farm.
(b) To work at a sanitarium.
(c) To work in Europe.
(d) To work at a school.

3. How old is the character, Simeon, in Desire Under the Elms?
(a) 42.
(b) 39.
(c) 25.
(d) 19.

4. What does Marsden say that Darrell seemed when he encountered him abroad?
(a) Desperate.
(b) Morose.
(c) Joyful.
(d) Jealous.

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

6. How much time passes between Acts 6 and 7 in Strange Interlude?
(a) Two years.
(b) One year.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Eleven years.

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

8. Where has Marsden been before the play begins in Strange Interlude?
(a) China.
(b) Europe.
(c) Africa.
(d) South America.

9. In what does Ephraim say you can read the years of his life?
(a) The cows.
(b) The trees.
(c) The forest.
(d) The fence.

10. In what state is Ephraim, in the beginning of Part 3 of Desire Under the Elms?
(a) Drunk.
(b) Morose.
(c) Angry.
(d) Jovial.

11. What is the name of Ephraim's new wife in Desire Under the Elms?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Jenny.
(c) Minnie.
(d) Abbie.

12. Where is the Cabot farmhouse in Desire Under the Elms?
(a) Oklahoma.
(b) New England.
(c) New Mexico.
(d) California.

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

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

15. What does Marsden do for a living?
(a) He is a publicist.
(b) He is a farmer.
(c) He is an ad man.
(d) He is a writer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Act 3 take place in Strange Interlude?

2. How long has Nina studied at the university?

3. What does Ephraim say he'd turn free when he died?

4. Where does Eben say he's leaving to go, in Part 3, Scene 3 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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