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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. How much money does Eben give to Simeon and Peter in Desire Under the Elms?
(a) $6,000.
(b) $600.
(c) $500.
(d) $2,000.

2. What does Ephraim compare Abbie's eyes to?
(a) Angels.
(b) Diamonds.
(c) Doves.
(d) Emeralds.

3. What does Marsden do for a living?
(a) He is an ad man.
(b) He is a farmer.
(c) He is a writer.
(d) He is a publicist.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Peter and Simeon taunt Ephraim with when he enters, in Desire Under the Elms?

2. Who finds Professor Leeds' body?

3. When does Nina announce that she is leaving in Part 1, Act 1 in Strange Interlude?

4. What is Simeon's brother's name in Desire Under the Elms?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Darrell tell Marsden about Nina's behavior at the hospital in Strange Interlude?

2. What does the argument over the estate devolve to between the brothers in Part 1 of Desire Under the Elms?

3. Why does Nina say she's going away in Act 1 of Strange Interlude?

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

5. What are Marsden's thoughts at the beginning of Act 1 in Strange Interlude?

6. 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?

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

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

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

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