Mourning Becomes Electra Quizzes

Mourning Becomes Electra Quiz 1

By Kristen Osborne-Bartucca · Edited by Aaron Suduiko · Last reviewed March 27, 2018

1 What decade was the play published?

1920s

1940s

1930s

1950s
2 The play is centered on the idea of

fate

hope

love

dreams
3 The play is based on the work of

Euripedes

Plato

Homer

Aeschylus
4 The play is influenced by the work of

Aristotle

Foucault

Arendt

Freud
5 What war is the play set during?

WWI

The Civil War

The Revolutionary War

The Mexican-American War
6 All of the following serve in the war except

Seth

Orin

Peter

Ezra
7 Who is constantly singing?

Peter

Lavinia

Orin

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

intelligence

charm

purity
10 The Mannons are often described as

odd

evil

queer

funny
11 All of the following are true about Ezra except

he was the captain of a clipper ship

the town respects him

he fought in the Mexican-American War

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

hatred

religion

wealth

despair
13 Which of the following statements about the Mannon past is false?

David fell in love with Marie

Marie and David had a son

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

a (faux) suitor for Lavinia

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

Ezra

Christine

Orin

Brant
16 What place do Brant, Orin, and Christine wax poetic about?

The West

The South Sea Islands

New York City

The Chesapeake Bay
17 Who does Christine say she is visiting in New York?

A minister

Dr. Blake

Her mother

Grandfather
18 What seem possessed with life of their own?

The clocks

The portraits

The statues

The books
19 What is Christine most afraid of?

Losing her children

Being poor

Being old and ugly

Not having a lover
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

a ship

poison

money

a revolver
22 Whose idea is it to kill Ezra?

Christine

Lavinia

No one

Brant
23 Ezra suffers from

heart problems

gout

a bad arm

breathing problems
24 How does Christine get Brant to agree to disposing of Ezra?

Bringing up Marie

Mentioning that she has to go to his bed

That he'd have to give up his ship

All of these
25 Christine can best be described as

manipulative

weak

intelligent

indifferent

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