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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. In what room of the house does Part 2, Scene 3 of Desire Under the Elms take place?
(a) Abbie's room.
(b) The parlor.
(c) Eben's room.
(d) The kitchen.

2. What has happened in Act 5 with Evan's work?
(a) He was relocated.
(b) He was demoted.
(c) He lost his job.
(d) He was promoted.

3. 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 at a school.
(d) To work in Europe.

4. What does Abbie say will beat Eben in Part 2 of Desire Under the Elms?
(a) Anger.
(b) Money.
(c) Nature.
(d) Lust.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the brothers in Desire Under the Elms long to go?

2. Who is the protagonist in Desire Under the Elms?

3. How old is Abbie's son, in Part 3 of Desire Under the Elms?

4. In what state is Ephraim, in the beginning of Part 3 of Desire Under the Elms?

5. Who does Eben leave to find at the end of Desire Under the Elms?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Evans and his mother talk about in Act 3 of Strange Interlude? What does she ask him about Nina?

2. Why does Leeds believe that Nina hates him in Act 1 of Strange Interlude?

3. What has happened between Acts 5 and 6 of Strange Interlude? Who reveals the exposition at the beginning of this act?

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

5. How does Darrell feel toward Evans in Act 5 of Strange Interlude? What does he plan to do at the end of the act?

6. In what ways does Evans compare himself to Gordon in Act 2 of Strange Interlude?

7. Where do the conflicts arise between the family in Desire Under the Elms? How do the characters' objectives lead to the essential conflict?

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

9. What do Marsden's thoughts reveal about Gordon in Act 4 of Strange Interlude? Why did he suggest that Nina write a biography about him?

10. What news does Eben return to the farmhouse to inform his brothers of, in Part 1 of Desire Under the Elms? What is the brothers' reaction?

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