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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. How much time has passed between Part 1 and Part 2, Scene 1 of Desire Under the Elms?

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

3. How much money does Eben give to Simeon and Peter in Desire Under the Elms?

4. Eben angrily denounces her and their child, telling her what Ephraim said, saying he wishes what, in Part 3 of Desire Under the Elms?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

5. How does Gordon feel about Darrell in Act 7 of Strange Interlude? How does he respond to Darrell's comments about Evans?

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

8. How does Eben's position in the household contribute to his conflicts over the estate in Desire Under the Elms?

9. What is Abbie doing when Part 3 begins in Desire Under the Elms? What is the talk of the town about?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the objectives and actions of the character of Darrell in Strange Interlude. What about this character is noble? What are his negative qualities and actions? What does he want?

Essay Topic 2

Compare the characters of Lavinia and Christine in the Mourning Becomes Electra trilogy. How and why do these characters become more alike in the progression of the trilogy?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the actions and events which occur in The Hunted. Which play of the Oresteia is this play an adaptation of? How do the plot points differ than in Aeschylus' play?

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