Three Plays Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Three Plays Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Abbie say will beat Eben in Part 2 of Desire Under the Elms?
(a) Money.
(b) Anger.
(c) Lust.
(d) Nature.

2. How long does Evans say he and Nina have been sleeping separately, in Act 4 of Strange Interlude?
(a) One year.
(b) Five months.
(c) Nine months.
(d) Five years.

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 Ephraim.
(b) That she is killing herself.
(c) That she is leaving.
(d) That she killed their son.

4. What afflicted Marsden's mother?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Asthma.
(c) A stroke.
(d) Tuberculosis.

5. Why does Eben offer the others money in Part 1 of Desire Under the Elms?
(a) To sign over the farm.
(b) To bribe them to kill their father.
(c) To hire new workers.
(d) To sell the farm.

6. What is Simeon's brother's name in Desire Under the Elms?
(a) Paul.
(b) Ephraim.
(c) Samuel.
(d) Peter.

7. What does Darrell hate about Gordon in Act 7 of Strange Interlude?
(a) His temper.
(b) His demeanor.
(c) His appearance.
(d) His name.

8. What is the name of Ephraim's new wife in Desire Under the Elms?
(a) Jenny.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Minnie.
(d) Abbie.

9. Who is the protagonist in Desire Under the Elms?
(a) Peter.
(b) Simeon.
(c) Ephraim.
(d) Eben.

10. Why does Nina say she must go away in Act 1 in Strange Interlude?
(a) To pay duty to Gordon.
(b) To gain forgiveness from God.
(c) To meet a husband.
(d) To make money for the family.

11. What does Ephraim say God is in Part 2 of Desire Under the Elms?
(a) Hard.
(b) Easy.
(c) Valiant.
(d) Just.

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

13. Where has Marsden been before the play begins in Strange Interlude?
(a) South America.
(b) China.
(c) Europe.
(d) Africa.

14. In what state is Ephraim, in the beginning of Part 3 of Desire Under the Elms?
(a) Drunk.
(b) Jovial.
(c) Angry.
(d) Morose.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who speaks first in soliloquy in Part 1, Act 1 of Strange Interlude?

2. In the final scene of Desire Under the Elms, Ephraim comments to the Sheriff that the farm is a what?

3. Where does Act 3 take place in Strange Interlude?

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

5. How much time passes between Scenes 1 and 2 in Part 3 of Desire Under the Elms?

(see the answer keys)

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