Mourning Becomes Electra Quizzes

Mourning Becomes Electra Quiz 1

1 What decade was the play published?

1930s

1950s

1940s

1920s
2 The play is centered on the idea of

hope

dreams

fate

love
3 The play is based on the work of

Homer

Plato

Aeschylus

Euripedes
4 The play is influenced by the work of

Foucault

Arendt

Freud

Aristotle
5 What war is the play set during?

The Revolutionary War

The Civil War

The Mexican-American War

WWI
6 All of the following serve in the war except

Peter

Orin

Ezra

Seth
7 Who is constantly singing?

Peter

Seth

Orin

Lavinia
8 All the Mannons are known for their

green eyes

tall stature

mask-like faces

dark hair
9 Hazel is known for her

purity

wit

intelligence

charm
10 The Mannons are often described as

odd

funny

queer

evil
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

the town respects him

he studied law
12 Christine refers to the house as a temple to Abe Mannon's

despair

wealth

religion

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

David fell in love with Marie

Abe fell in love with Marie

Abe exiled David

Marie and David had a son
14 Adam Brant is all the following except

Marie and David's son

a (faux) suitor for Lavinia

a relative of Peter and Hazel's

a clipper ship captain
15 Who does Lavinia love the most fiercely?

Christine

Orin

Brant

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

New York City

The South Sea Islands

The West

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

A minister

Grandfather

Her mother

Dr. Blake
18 What seem possessed with life of their own?

The books

The statues

The portraits

The clocks
19 What is Christine most afraid of?

Being old and ugly

Losing her children

Being poor

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

Lavinia insists her mother give up Brant

Christine hates Lavinia because she reminds her of her wedding night

Lavinia is in love with Brant

Christine loves Orin because he seems like he is hers only
21 Christine asks Adam to get her

a revolver

a ship

poison

money
22 Whose idea is it to kill Ezra?

Christine

No one

Brant

Lavinia
23 Ezra suffers from

gout

a bad arm

heart problems

breathing 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

weak

intelligent

manipulative

indifferent

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