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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who says, "All the other women in the world aren't worth your little finger" in Strange Interlude?

3. Why does Leeds say he hated Gordon?

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

5. What is Evans trying to do at the beginning of Act 4 in Strange Interlude?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. What do Abbie and Eben say to one another alone in the beginning of Part 3 in Desire Under the Elms?

4. 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?

5. Why does Leeds believe that Nina hates him in Act 1 of Strange Interlude?

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

7. What do Evans and his mother talk about in Act 3 of Strange Interlude? What does she ask him about Nina?

8. What does Abbie confess to Eben in Part 3 in Desire Under the Elms? What is his reaction?

9. The morning after their "tryst," how do Abbie and Eben feel in Desire Under the Elms? How does Ephraim feel?

10. Where do the conflicts arise between the family in Desire Under the Elms? How do the characters' objectives lead to the essential conflict?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the plot arc of the play, Desire Under the Elms. Who is the protagonist of this play, and in what ways do the events revolve around this character? Define Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, and Resolution in your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of "relinquishing the ghosts of the past" in Desire Under the Elms. What is symbolically representative of the theme in the play?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of Incest and Family Secrets in the Mourning Becomes Electra trilogy. Within which characters is this theme manifested? What actions are representative of the theme?

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