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
dreams

hope

fate

love
3 The play is based on the work of
Aeschylus

Euripedes

Homer

Plato
4 The play is influenced by the work of
Arendt

Foucault

Freud

Aristotle
5 What war is the play set during?
WWI

The Mexican-American War

The Civil War

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

Orin

Peter

Ezra
7 Who is constantly singing?
Orin

Seth

Peter

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

tall stature

dark hair

green eyes
9 Hazel is known for her
charm

intelligence

wit

purity
10 The Mannons are often described as
funny

odd

evil

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

the town respects him

he studied law

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

despair

wealth

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

Marie and David had a son

David fell in love with Marie

Abe exiled David
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

Orin

Christine

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?
Dr. Blake

Grandfather

A minister

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

The books

The clocks

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

Not having a lover

Losing her children

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 ship

poison

a revolver

money
22 Whose idea is it to kill Ezra?
No one

Christine

Lavinia

Brant
23 Ezra suffers from
gout

heart problems

breathing 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
intelligent

indifferent

weak

manipulative

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