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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. With whom does Eben go to sleep in Part 2 of Desire Under the Elms?
(a) Jenny.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Minnie.
(d) The cows.
2. What does Abbie say will beat Eben in Part 2 of Desire Under the Elms?
(a) Anger.
(b) Lust.
(c) Nature.
(d) Money.
3. How old is Ephraim's new wife in Desire Under the Elms?
(a) 27.
(b) 22.
(c) 19.
(d) 35.
4. What does Marsden say that Darrell seemed when he encountered him abroad?
(a) Desperate.
(b) Jealous.
(c) Morose.
(d) Joyful.
5. Who speaks first in soliloquy in Part 1, Act 1 of Strange Interlude?
(a) Evans.
(b) Marsden.
(c) Nina.
(d) Mary.
Short Answer Questions
1. Eben angrily denounces her and their child, telling her what Ephraim said, saying he wishes what, in Part 3 of Desire Under the Elms?
2. Ephraim taunts Eben about the farm, saying that Abbie did what in order to get it for herself in Part 3 of Desire Under the Elms?
3. Where is the Cabot farmhouse in Desire Under the Elms?
4. In what language does Leeds read at the end of Act 1 in Strange Interlude?
5. How old is Gordon in Act 7 of Strange Interlude?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Abbie doing when Part 3 begins in Desire Under the Elms? What is the talk of the town about?
2. What does Abbie confess to Eben in Part 3 in Desire Under the Elms? What is his reaction?
3. What does the argument over the estate devolve to between the brothers in Part 1 of Desire Under the Elms?
4. How does Evans know Darrell in Strange Interlude? How does he feel about him?
5. What is the symbolic statement behind Abbie and Eben's entrance into the parlor in Part 2 in Desire Under the Elms?
6. Why does Leeds believe that Nina hates him in Act 1 of Strange Interlude?
7. Who is Eben said to resemble in Desire Under the Elms?
8. What news does Eben return to the farmhouse to inform his brothers of, in Part 1 of Desire Under the Elms? What is the brothers' reaction?
9. How does Gordon feel about Darrell in Act 7 of Strange Interlude? How does he respond to Darrell's comments about Evans?
10. How does Darrell feel toward Evans in Act 5 of Strange Interlude? What does he plan to do at the end of the act?
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