Mourning Becomes Electra Quizzes

Mourning Becomes Electra Quiz 1

1 What decade was the play published?
1950s

1920s

1940s

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

hope

love

dreams
3 The play is based on the work of
Aeschylus

Euripedes

Plato

Homer
4 The play is influenced by the work of
Arendt

Freud

Foucault

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

The Civil War

The Revolutionary War

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

Ezra

Peter

Orin
7 Who is constantly singing?
Peter

Seth

Lavinia

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

tall stature

dark hair

green eyes
9 Hazel is known for her
wit

intelligence

charm

purity
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

the town respects him

he fought in the Mexican-American War
12 Christine refers to the house as a temple to Abe Mannon's
despair

religion

wealth

hatred
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 (faux) suitor for Lavinia

a clipper ship captain

Marie and David's son

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

Brant

Christine

Ezra
16 What place do Brant, Orin, and Christine wax poetic about?
The South Sea Islands

The Chesapeake Bay

New York City

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

Her mother

Grandfather

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

The clocks

The portraits

The books
19 What is Christine most afraid of?
Losing her children

Being old and ugly

Not having a lover

Being poor
20 Which of the following statements is false?
Lavinia is in love with Brant

Christine loves Orin because he seems like he is hers only

Lavinia insists her mother give up Brant

Christine hates Lavinia because she reminds her of her wedding night
21 Christine asks Adam to get her
poison

a ship

a revolver

money
22 Whose idea is it to kill Ezra?
No one

Brant

Christine

Lavinia
23 Ezra suffers from
heart problems

a bad arm

breathing problems

gout
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
indifferent

manipulative

weak

intelligent

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