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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. In what room of the house does Part 2, Scene 3 of Desire Under the Elms take place?
(a) Eben's room.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) The parlor.
(d) Abbie's room.

2. Who is the first character we are introduced to in Desire Under the Elms?
(a) Peter.
(b) Abbie.
(c) Eben.
(d) Simeon.

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 leaving.
(d) That she is killing herself.

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

5. What does Ephraim say he'd turn free when he died?
(a) The pigs.
(b) The cows.
(c) The horses.
(d) The chickens.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Ephraim's new wife in Desire Under the Elms?

2. How old is Ephraim in Desire Under the Elms?

3. What song does the fiddler play in Part 3 of Desire Under the Elms?

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

5. Who does Eben call on to take vengeance on Abbie for her deception?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Evans know Darrell in Strange Interlude? How does he feel about him?

2. Describe the symbolism of the fence on the Cabot farm in Desire Under the Elms.

3. What does Nina tease Marsden about in Act 6 of Strange Interlude that makes him angry? How does he react?

4. What is the symbolic statement behind Abbie and Eben's entrance into the parlor in Part 2 in Desire Under the Elms?

5. What are Marsden's thoughts at the beginning of Act 1 in Strange Interlude?

6. What do Marsden's thoughts reveal about Gordon in Act 4 of Strange Interlude? Why did he suggest that Nina write a biography about him?

7. In Part 2 of Desire Under the Elms, how does Abbie attempt to rectify her relationship with Eben? Who does she refer to with disdain?

8. How does Nina feel about her family in Act 7 of Strange Interlude? How does she feel about her life and about Darrell?

9. What does the argument over the estate devolve to between the brothers in Part 1 of Desire Under the Elms?

10. In the climax of Part 3 in Desire Under the Elms, what takes place between Abbie, Ephraim and Eben?

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