Mourning Becomes Electra Quizzes

Mourning Becomes Electra Quiz 1

1 What decade was the play published?

1950s

1930s

1920s

1940s
2 The play is centered on the idea of

love

hope

dreams

fate
3 The play is based on the work of

Aeschylus

Homer

Plato

Euripedes
4 The play is influenced by the work of

Arendt

Foucault

Aristotle

Freud
5 What war is the play set during?

The Civil War

The Revolutionary War

The Mexican-American War

WWI
6 All of the following serve in the war except

Peter

Orin

Ezra

Seth
7 Who is constantly singing?

Lavinia

Peter

Orin

Seth
8 All the Mannons are known for their

tall stature

mask-like faces

green eyes

dark hair
9 Hazel is known for her

purity

intelligence

wit

charm
10 The Mannons are often described as

evil

odd

queer

funny
11 All of the following are true about Ezra except

the town respects him

he studied law

he was the captain of a clipper ship

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

despair

wealth

hatred

religion
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 fell in love with Marie

Abe exiled David
14 Adam Brant is all the following except

a (faux) suitor for Lavinia

Marie and David's son

a clipper ship captain

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

Ezra

Orin

Brant

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

New York City

The West

The Chesapeake Bay

The South Sea Islands
17 Who does Christine say she is visiting in New York?

Grandfather

A minister

Dr. Blake

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

The portraits

The clocks

The books

The statues
19 What is Christine most afraid of?

Being poor

Losing her children

Being old and ugly

Not having a lover
20 Which of the following statements is false?

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

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

a revolver

money

a ship

poison
22 Whose idea is it to kill Ezra?

Christine

Brant

No one

Lavinia
23 Ezra suffers from

heart problems

breathing problems

a bad arm

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

Mentioning that she has to go to his bed

Bringing up Marie

That he'd have to give up his ship

All of these
25 Christine can best be described as

weak

intelligent

indifferent

manipulative

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