Mourning Becomes Electra Quizzes

Mourning Becomes Electra Quiz 1

1 What decade was the play published?
1930s

1950s

1920s

1940s
2 The play is centered on the idea of
hope

fate

love

dreams
3 The play is based on the work of
Homer

Aeschylus

Euripedes

Plato
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

WWI

The Civil War

The Revolutionary War
6 All of the following serve in the war except
Orin

Seth

Peter

Ezra
7 Who is constantly singing?
Peter

Lavinia

Seth

Orin
8 All the Mannons are known for their
dark hair

tall stature

mask-like faces

green eyes
9 Hazel is known for her
purity

intelligence

wit

charm
10 The Mannons are often described as
queer

funny

odd

evil
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
wealth

hatred

religion

despair
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 clipper ship captain

Marie and David's son

a relative of Peter and Hazel's

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

Ezra

Orin

Brant
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?
A minister

Grandfather

Dr. Blake

Her mother
18 What seem possessed with life of their own?
The books

The clocks

The portraits

The statues
19 What is Christine most afraid of?
Being poor

Not having a lover

Being old and ugly

Losing her children
20 Which of the following statements is false?
Christine hates Lavinia because she reminds her of her wedding night

Lavinia insists her mother give up Brant

Lavinia is in love with Brant

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

a revolver

a ship

money
22 Whose idea is it to kill Ezra?
Brant

No one

Christine

Lavinia
23 Ezra suffers from
gout

a bad arm

breathing problems

heart 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
indifferent

intelligent

weak

manipulative

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