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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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?
(a) He were dead.
(b) His father were dead.
(c) She were dead.
(d) The child hadn't been born.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ephraim say God is in Part 2 of Desire Under the Elms?

2. How old is Ephraim in Part 3 of Desire Under the Elms?

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

4. What does Abbie say will beat Eben in Part 2 of Desire Under the Elms?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens in the falling action and resolution of Desire Under the Elms?

2. How does Gordon feel about Darrell in Act 7 of Strange Interlude? How does he respond to Darrell's comments about Evans?

3. What does Nina tease Marsden about in Act 6 of Strange Interlude that makes him angry? How does he react?

4. What is Abbie doing when Part 3 begins in Desire Under the Elms? What is the talk of the town about?

5. How does Nina feel about her family in Act 7 of Strange Interlude? How does she feel about her life and about Darrell?

6. What is the symbolic statement behind Abbie and Eben's entrance into the parlor in Part 2 in Desire Under the Elms?

7. The morning after their "tryst," how do Abbie and Eben feel in Desire Under the Elms? How does Ephraim feel?

8. What does Nina reveal in reading aloud her letter in Act 3 of Strange Interlude?

9. How does Eben's position in the household contribute to his conflicts over the estate in Desire Under the Elms?

10. In the climax of Part 3 in Desire Under the Elms, what takes place between Abbie, Ephraim and Eben?

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