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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. Who has Evans invited over this evening, at the beginning of Act 4 in Strange Interlude?
(a) Sam.
(b) Darrell.
(c) Marsden.
(d) Leeds.

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

3. Who does Nina ask to come upstairs and help her pack, in Act 1 of Strange Interlude?
(a) Marsden.
(b) Mary.
(c) Evans.
(d) Leeds.

4. How old is Ephraim in Part 3 of Desire Under the Elms?
(a) 81.
(b) 79.
(c) 69.
(d) 76.

5. Ephraim calls Abbie his what, in Part 2 of Desire Under the Elms?
(a) Hen o' the house.
(b) Rose o' Sharon.
(c) Dovie Love.
(d) Missy Sparkle.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much time has passed between Part 1 and Part 2, Scene 1 of Desire Under the Elms?

2. Who does Abbie tease Eben about in Part 2 of Desire Under the Elms?

3. Who has Nina married in Act 3 of Strange Interlude?

4. Where has Marsden been before the play begins in Strange Interlude?

5. How much time passes between Acts 6 and 7 in Strange Interlude?

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 Nina say she's going away in Act 1 of Strange Interlude?

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

4. What does Abbie confess to Eben in Part 3 in Desire Under the Elms? What is his reaction?

5. Describe the symbolism of the fence on the Cabot farm in Desire Under the Elms.

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

7. How does Evans know Darrell in Strange Interlude? How does he feel about him?

8. Who is Eben said to resemble in Desire Under the Elms?

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

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

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