Mourning Becomes Electra Quizzes

Mourning Becomes Electra Quiz 1

1 What decade was the play published?
1940s

1920s

1930s

1950s
2 The play is centered on the idea of
hope

fate

love

dreams
3 The play is based on the work of
Plato

Aeschylus

Euripedes

Homer
4 The play is influenced by the work of
Foucault

Freud

Aristotle

Arendt
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
Peter

Orin

Ezra

Seth
7 Who is constantly singing?
Lavinia

Orin

Peter

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

dark hair

tall stature

green eyes
9 Hazel is known for her
wit

charm

purity

intelligence
10 The Mannons are often described as
evil

queer

funny

odd
11 All of the following are true about Ezra except
he was the captain of a clipper ship

he fought in the Mexican-American War

the town respects him

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

hatred

religion

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

Marie and David had a son

Abe exiled David

David fell in love with Marie
14 Adam Brant is all the following except
a (faux) suitor for Lavinia

a clipper ship captain

a relative of Peter and Hazel's

Marie and David's son
15 Who does Lavinia love the most fiercely?
Orin

Brant

Christine

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?
Her mother

Grandfather

Dr. Blake

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

The books

The portraits

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

Not having a lover

Being old and ugly

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

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
21 Christine asks Adam to get her
a revolver

poison

money

a ship
22 Whose idea is it to kill Ezra?
No one

Christine

Lavinia

Brant
23 Ezra suffers from
gout

breathing problems

heart problems

a bad arm
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

indifferent

intelligent

manipulative

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