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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 2 of Desire Under the Elms, Ephraim prays, "An' God hearkened unto _____!".

2. What does Marsden do for a living?

3. Eben's mother was Ephraim's _____ wife.

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

5. What does Darrell hate about Gordon in Act 7 of Strange Interlude?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Nina feel about her family in Act 7 of Strange Interlude? How does she feel about her life and about Darrell?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the plot arc of the play, Desire Under the Elms. Who is the protagonist of this play, and in what ways do the events revolve around this character? Define Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, and Resolution in your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Describe the actions and events which occur in The Hunted. Which play of the Oresteia is this play an adaptation of? How do the plot points differ than in Aeschylus' play?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the plot of Homecoming and how it relates to Agamemnon of the Oresteia. Which characters are reflected in each play? How are the actions similar? How does the plot deviate?

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