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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the brothers in Desire Under the Elms long to go?
(a) New York.
(b) Maine.
(c) California.
(d) Ireland.

2. How old is Nina in Act 7 of Strange Interlude?
(a) Thirty.
(b) Thirty-five.
(c) Forty-five.
(d) Forty-one.

3. How much time passes between Acts 6 and 7 in Strange Interlude?
(a) Two years.
(b) Eleven years.
(c) Ten years.
(d) One year.

4. What is Evans trying to do at the beginning of Act 4 in Strange Interlude?
(a) Type ads.
(b) Clean house.
(c) Write a novel.
(d) Cook dinner.

5. Who says, "It's a wise father who knows his own child" in Strange Interlude?
(a) Evans.
(b) Marsden.
(c) Leeds.
(d) Darrell.

6. What does Marsden say that Darrell seemed when he encountered him abroad?
(a) Joyful.
(b) Morose.
(c) Jealous.
(d) Desperate.

7. 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) His father were dead.
(b) The child hadn't been born.
(c) He were dead.
(d) She were dead.

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

9. Where does Marsden accuse Nina of getting her ideas from, in Act 1 of Strange Interlude?
(a) Her father.
(b) Gossipers.
(c) Books.
(d) Newspapers.

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

11. Who has Nina married in Act 3 of Strange Interlude?
(a) Evans.
(b) Marsden.
(c) Darrell.
(d) Leeds.

12. What is Evans' first name?
(a) James.
(b) William.
(c) John.
(d) Sam.

13. Who does Abbie say that Eben resembles in Part 2 of Desire Under the Elms?
(a) Ephraim.
(b) Simeon.
(c) His mother.
(d) Peter.

14. How old is Ephraim's new wife in Desire Under the Elms?
(a) 19.
(b) 35.
(c) 27.
(d) 22.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What city does Act 7 of Strange Interlude take place in?

2. Whose death is Nina lamenting in the beginning of Strange Interlude?

3. Who does Nina ask to come upstairs and help her pack, in Act 1 of Strange Interlude?

4. How long has Nina studied at the university?

5. Why does Eben offer the others money in Part 1 of Desire Under the Elms?

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