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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Strange Interlude, Part 1, Acts 1 and 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Ephraim in Desire Under the Elms?
(a) 59.
(b) 75.
(c) 60.
(d) 45.

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

3. In Scene 3 of Part 3 in Desire Under the Elms, Ephraim is asleep in his bedroom as Abbie confesses what to Eben?
(a) That she killed their son.
(b) That she killed Ephraim.
(c) That she is killing herself.
(d) That she is leaving.

4. Who talked Gordon out of the marriage before the war in Strange Interlude?
(a) Darrell.
(b) Evans.
(c) Leeds.
(d) Marsden.

5. Eben angrily denounces her and their child, telling her what Ephraim said, saying he wishes what, in Part 3 of Desire Under the Elms?
(a) The child hadn't been born.
(b) She were dead.
(c) His father were dead.
(d) He were dead.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Marsden do for a living?

3. What does Abbie say will beat Eben in Part 2 of Desire Under the Elms?

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

5. Who is the protagonist in Desire Under the Elms?

(see the answer key)

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