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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Scene 3 of Part 3 in Desire Under the Elms, Ephraim is asleep in his bedroom as Abbie confesses what to Eben?
(a) That she is leaving.
(b) That she is killing herself.
(c) That she killed their son.
(d) That she killed Ephraim.

2. What is Evans' first name?
(a) John.
(b) William.
(c) Sam.
(d) James.

3. How much time passes between Scenes 1 and 2 in Part 3 of Desire Under the Elms?
(a) 1 week.
(b) 1 month.
(c) 1 day.
(d) 30 minutes.

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

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

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

7. What does Abbie refer to the woman as that Eben is going to see, in Part 2 of Desire Under the Elms?
(a) Hake.
(b) Witch.
(c) Heffer.
(d) Hag.

8. What city does Act 7 of Strange Interlude take place in?
(a) New York.
(b) Paris.
(c) Long Island.
(d) London.

9. Where does Eben say he's leaving to go, in Part 3, Scene 3 of Desire Under the Elms?
(a) Ireland.
(b) Canada.
(c) New Mexico.
(d) California.

10. 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.

11. 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 school.
(c) To work at a sanitarium.
(d) To work in Europe.

12. 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?
(a) Killed her son.
(b) Gave him money.
(c) Killed Simeon.
(d) Had his son.

13. Where do the brothers in Desire Under the Elms long to go?
(a) California.
(b) New York.
(c) Ireland.
(d) Maine.

14. What has Nina named her baby?
(a) John.
(b) William.
(c) Sam.
(d) Gordon.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the main room in which the dancing is taking place in Part 3 of Desire Under the Elms?

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

3. Where is the Cabot farmhouse in Desire Under the Elms?

4. In Part 1 of Desire Under the Elms, how long has it been since Simeon's woman died?

5. How long has Darrell been away in Act 7 of Strange Interlude?

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