Mourning Becomes Electra Quizzes

Mourning Becomes Electra Quiz 1

1 What decade was the play published?
1920s

1930s

1950s

1940s
2 The play is centered on the idea of
love

hope

dreams

fate
3 The play is based on the work of
Euripedes

Homer

Plato

Aeschylus
4 The play is influenced by the work of
Freud

Arendt

Foucault

Aristotle
5 What war is the play set during?
WWI

The Mexican-American War

The Revolutionary War

The Civil War
6 All of the following serve in the war except
Peter

Ezra

Orin

Seth
7 Who is constantly singing?
Seth

Lavinia

Orin

Peter
8 All the Mannons are known for their
tall stature

green eyes

dark hair

mask-like faces
9 Hazel is known for her
wit

purity

charm

intelligence
10 The Mannons are often described as
evil

funny

queer

odd
11 All of the following are true about Ezra except
he studied law

he was the captain of a clipper ship

he fought in the Mexican-American War

the town respects him
12 Christine refers to the house as a temple to Abe Mannon's
wealth

despair

religion

hatred
13 Which of the following statements about the Mannon past is false?
Abe exiled David

David fell in love with Marie

Abe fell in love with Marie

Marie and David had a son
14 Adam Brant is all the following except
Marie and David's son

a relative of Peter and Hazel's

a clipper ship captain

a (faux) suitor for Lavinia
15 Who does Lavinia love the most fiercely?
Christine

Ezra

Orin

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

The South Sea Islands

The Chesapeake Bay

New York City
17 Who does Christine say she is visiting in New York?
Dr. Blake

Her mother

Grandfather

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

The clocks

The statues

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

Not having a lover

Being poor

Being old and ugly
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
money

a revolver

a ship

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

Lavinia

Brant

Christine
23 Ezra suffers from
a bad arm

breathing problems

gout

heart 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
weak

manipulative

intelligent

indifferent

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