Mourning Becomes Electra Quizzes

Mourning Becomes Electra Quiz 1

1 What decade was the play published?
1920s

1950s

1940s

1930s
2 The play is centered on the idea of
love

hope

dreams

fate
3 The play is based on the work of
Plato

Homer

Euripedes

Aeschylus
4 The play is influenced by the work of
Foucault

Freud

Arendt

Aristotle
5 What war is the play set during?
The Mexican-American War

The Revolutionary War

The Civil War

WWI
6 All of the following serve in the war except
Ezra

Seth

Peter

Orin
7 Who is constantly singing?
Lavinia

Peter

Orin

Seth
8 All the Mannons are known for their
mask-like faces

tall stature

dark hair

green eyes
9 Hazel is known for her
purity

charm

intelligence

wit
10 The Mannons are often described as
evil

queer

odd

funny
11 All of the following are true about Ezra except
the town respects him

he studied law

he fought in the Mexican-American War

he was the captain of a clipper ship
12 Christine refers to the house as a temple to Abe Mannon's
despair

religion

hatred

wealth
13 Which of the following statements about the Mannon past is false?
Marie and David had a son

David fell in love with Marie

Abe exiled David

Abe fell in love with Marie
14 Adam Brant is all the following except
a relative of Peter and Hazel's

a clipper ship captain

Marie and David's son

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

Brant

Christine

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

New York City

The West

The South Sea Islands
17 Who does Christine say she is visiting in New York?
Dr. Blake

A minister

Her mother

Grandfather
18 What seem possessed with life of their own?
The clocks

The books

The statues

The portraits
19 What is Christine most afraid of?
Being old and ugly

Not having a lover

Losing her children

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

Christine loves Orin because he seems like he is hers only

Christine hates Lavinia because she reminds her of her wedding night

Lavinia is in love with Brant
21 Christine asks Adam to get her
money

a ship

poison

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

Brant

Lavinia

No one
23 Ezra suffers from
heart problems

gout

a bad arm

breathing problems
24 How does Christine get Brant to agree to disposing of Ezra?
Mentioning that she has to go to his bed

That he'd have to give up his ship

Bringing up Marie

All of these
25 Christine can best be described as
weak

intelligent

manipulative

indifferent

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