Mourning Becomes Electra Quizzes

Mourning Becomes Electra Quiz 1

1 What decade was the play published?
1920s

1940s

1950s

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

hope

love

dreams
3 The play is based on the work of
Homer

Euripedes

Plato

Aeschylus
4 The play is influenced by the work of
Foucault

Aristotle

Freud

Arendt
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
Ezra

Seth

Orin

Peter
7 Who is constantly singing?
Seth

Lavinia

Peter

Orin
8 All the Mannons are known for their
dark hair

green eyes

mask-like faces

tall stature
9 Hazel is known for her
purity

intelligence

wit

charm
10 The Mannons are often described as
funny

queer

evil

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
hatred

religion

despair

wealth
13 Which of the following statements about the Mannon past is false?
Abe fell in love with Marie

Abe exiled David

Marie and David had a son

David fell in love with Marie
14 Adam Brant is all the following except
a clipper ship captain

a (faux) suitor for Lavinia

Marie and David's son

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

Christine

Brant

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

The Chesapeake Bay

The West

New York City
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 portraits

The statues

The clocks

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

Being poor

Losing her children

Not having a lover
20 Which of the following statements is false?
Christine hates Lavinia because she reminds her of her wedding night

Christine loves Orin because he seems like he is hers only

Lavinia insists her mother give up Brant

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

money

poison

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

No one

Christine

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?
Bringing up Marie

That he'd have to give up his ship

Mentioning that she has to go to his bed

All of these
25 Christine can best be described as
intelligent

weak

manipulative

indifferent

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