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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 song does the fiddler play in Part 3 of Desire Under the Elms?
(a) The Needle in the Haystack.
(b) The Moonlight Brigade.
(c) The Sunlight Waltz.
(d) Lady on the Lake.

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

3. Where is the main room in which the dancing is taking place in Part 3 of Desire Under the Elms?
(a) The living room.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) The barn.
(d) The parlor.

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

5. Who speaks first in soliloquy in Part 1, Act 1 of Strange Interlude?
(a) Evans.
(b) Mary.
(c) Marsden.
(d) Nina.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marsden do for a living?

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

3. How long has Darrell been away in Act 7 of Strange Interlude?

4. In what year does Desire Under the Elms take place?

5. Where does Nina say she is going in Part 1, Act 1 in Strange Interlude?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

7. Describe the "character" of Minnie in Desire Under the Elms. What is she representative of?

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

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

10. What do Abbie and Eben say to one another alone in the beginning of Part 3 in Desire Under the Elms?

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