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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Strange Interlude, Part 1, Acts 3, 4 and 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Ephraim say the farm is made of, in Part 2 of Desire Under the Elms?
(a) Stones.
(b) Loam.
(c) Wool.
(d) Gold.

3. Whose death is Nina lamenting in the beginning of Strange Interlude?
(a) Sam Evans.
(b) Gordon Shaw.
(c) Gordon Williams.
(d) Frank Marsden.

4. How much time has passed between Part 2 and Part 3 of Desire Under the Elms?
(a) Three years.
(b) Six months.
(c) One year.
(d) Four months.

5. Who does Eben cry out to for not saving the baby in Part 3 of Desire Under the Elms?
(a) His father.
(b) Abbie.
(c) His brothers.
(d) His mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Nina say she must go away in Act 1 in Strange Interlude?

2. What is the father's name in Desire Under the Elms?

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

4. How old is Abbie's son, in Part 3 of Desire Under the Elms?

5. What has happened in Act 5 with Evan's work?

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