Mourning Becomes Electra Quizzes

Mourning Becomes Electra Quiz 1

By Kristen Osborne-Bartucca · Edited by Aaron Suduiko · Last reviewed March 27, 2018

1 What decade was the play published?

1940s

1930s

1920s

1950s
2 The play is centered on the idea of

love

hope

dreams

fate
3 The play is based on the work of

Plato

Aeschylus

Euripedes

Homer
4 The play is influenced by the work of

Aristotle

Freud

Arendt

Foucault
5 What war is the play set during?

The Revolutionary War

The Civil War

WWI

The Mexican-American War
6 All of the following serve in the war except

Seth

Orin

Peter

Ezra
7 Who is constantly singing?

Lavinia

Seth

Orin

Peter
8 All the Mannons are known for their

dark hair

mask-like faces

tall stature

green eyes
9 Hazel is known for her

purity

wit

charm

intelligence
10 The Mannons are often described as

funny

evil

odd

queer
11 All of the following are true about Ezra except

he was the captain of a clipper ship

he studied law

he fought in the Mexican-American War

the town respects him
12 Christine refers to the house as a temple to Abe Mannon's

hatred

despair

religion

wealth
13 Which of the following statements about the Mannon past is false?

Abe fell in love with Marie

Abe exiled David

Marie and David had a son

David fell in love with Marie
14 Adam Brant is all the following except

a clipper ship captain

a relative of Peter and Hazel's

Marie and David's son

a (faux) suitor for Lavinia
15 Who does Lavinia love the most fiercely?

Brant

Christine

Ezra

Orin
16 What place do Brant, Orin, and Christine wax poetic about?

The South Sea Islands

New York City

The Chesapeake Bay

The West
17 Who does Christine say she is visiting in New York?

Her mother

Grandfather

Dr. Blake

A minister
18 What seem possessed with life of their own?

The portraits

The statues

The clocks

The books
19 What is Christine most afraid of?

Being poor

Being old and ugly

Losing her children

Not having a lover
20 Which of the following statements is false?

Lavinia is in love with Brant

Christine hates Lavinia because she reminds her of her wedding night

Christine loves Orin because he seems like he is hers only

Lavinia insists her mother give up Brant
21 Christine asks Adam to get her

a ship

poison

money

a revolver
22 Whose idea is it to kill Ezra?

Brant

No one

Christine

Lavinia
23 Ezra suffers from

gout

breathing problems

heart problems

a bad arm
24 How does Christine get Brant to agree to disposing of Ezra?

Mentioning that she has to go to his bed

Bringing up Marie

That he'd have to give up his ship

All of these
25 Christine can best be described as

manipulative

weak

intelligent

indifferent

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