Mourning Becomes Electra Quizzes

Mourning Becomes Electra Quiz 1

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

Homer

Euripedes
4 The play is influenced by the work of
Freud

Foucault

Arendt

Aristotle
5 What war is the play set during?
WWI

The Revolutionary War

The Civil War

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

Peter

Orin

Seth
7 Who is constantly singing?
Orin

Peter

Seth

Lavinia
8 All the Mannons are known for their
dark hair

green eyes

tall stature

mask-like faces
9 Hazel is known for her
intelligence

wit

charm

purity
10 The Mannons are often described as
funny

evil

queer

odd
11 All of the following are true about Ezra except
he fought in the Mexican-American War

he was the captain of a clipper ship

he studied law

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

wealth

hatred

religion
13 Which of the following statements about the Mannon past is false?
Abe exiled David

David fell in love with Marie

Marie and David had a son

Abe fell in love with Marie
14 Adam Brant is all the following except
a (faux) suitor for Lavinia

Marie and David's son

a clipper ship captain

a relative of Peter and Hazel's
15 Who does Lavinia love the most fiercely?
Brant

Orin

Christine

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

The Chesapeake Bay

The South Sea Islands

New York City
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 books

The statues

The clocks

The portraits
19 What is Christine most afraid of?
Not having a lover

Being poor

Being old and ugly

Losing her children
20 Which of the following statements is false?
Lavinia insists her mother give up Brant

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
21 Christine asks Adam to get her
a revolver

poison

money

a ship
22 Whose idea is it to kill Ezra?
Christine

Lavinia

No one

Brant
23 Ezra suffers from
a bad arm

breathing problems

gout

heart problems
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
indifferent

intelligent

manipulative

weak

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