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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Nina in Act 7 of Strange Interlude?
(a) Thirty-five.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Forty-one.
(d) Forty-five.

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

3. Why does Leeds say he hated Gordon?
(a) He was envious of his wealth.
(b) He stole his wife.
(c) He was jealous of Marsden's love.
(d) He was jealous of Nina's love.

4. What afflicted Marsden's mother?
(a) A stroke.
(b) Asthma.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) Cancer.

5. How does Marsden know Leeds?
(a) He was his professor.
(b) He is his father.
(c) He is his uncle.
(d) He is his stepfather.

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

7. How does Eben react to Abbie's confession in Part 3 of Desire Under the Elms?
(a) With jealousy.
(b) With joy and admiration.
(c) With love and appreciation.
(d) With rage and disgust.

8. Who does Abbie tease Eben about in Part 2 of Desire Under the Elms?
(a) Julie.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Minnie.
(d) Jenny.

9. Who has Evans invited over this evening, at the beginning of Act 4 in Strange Interlude?
(a) Sam.
(b) Marsden.
(c) Darrell.
(d) Leeds.

10. How long has the father in Desire Under the Elms been gone in the beginning of the play?
(a) Two years.
(b) Six months.
(c) Three years.
(d) Two months.

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

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

13. What song does the fiddler play in Part 3 of Desire Under the Elms?
(a) The Needle in the Haystack.
(b) Lady on the Lake.
(c) The Moonlight Brigade.
(d) The Sunlight Waltz.

14. What is Evans trying to do at the beginning of Act 4 in Strange Interlude?
(a) Clean house.
(b) Write a novel.
(c) Cook dinner.
(d) Type ads.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Abbie asks whether Eben would love her again if she could prove what?

3. Ephraim taunts Eben about the farm, saying that Abbie did what in order to get it for herself in Part 3 of Desire Under the Elms?

4. Where does Marsden encounter Darrell, before Act 6 in Strange Interlude?

5. How much time has passed between Part 2 and Part 3 of Desire Under the Elms?

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