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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. Where does Marsden accuse Nina of getting her ideas from, in Act 1 of Strange Interlude?
(a) Newspapers.
(b) Her father.
(c) Gossipers.
(d) Books.

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

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

4. Who is remarked to be a good dancer, in Part 3 of Desire Under the Elms?
(a) Simeon.
(b) Eprhaim.
(c) Abbie.
(d) Eben.

5. Who finds Professor Leeds' body?
(a) Mary.
(b) Nina.
(c) Marsden.
(d) Darrell.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Nina say she must go away in Act 1 in Strange Interlude?

2. How old is Gordon in Act 7 of Strange Interlude?

3. What has Nina named her baby?

4. What is Evans trying to do at the beginning of Act 4 in Strange Interlude?

5. In what language does Leeds read at the end of Act 1 in Strange Interlude?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part 2 of Desire Under the Elms, how does Abbie attempt to rectify her relationship with Eben? Who does she refer to with disdain?

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

8. What does Ephraim say to Eben in Part 3 of Desire Under the Elms that causes Eben to lash out at Abbie?

9. Describe the thematic elements which are shared by Desire Under the Elms and the other plays in the collection.

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

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