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
fate

dreams

hope

love
3 The play is based on the work of
Plato

Aeschylus

Euripedes

Homer
4 The play is influenced by the work of
Arendt

Freud

Foucault

Aristotle
5 What war is the play set during?
The Revolutionary War

The Mexican-American War

WWI

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

Seth

Orin

Ezra
7 Who is constantly singing?
Peter

Seth

Lavinia

Orin
8 All the Mannons are known for their
green eyes

tall stature

dark hair

mask-like faces
9 Hazel is known for her
purity

charm

intelligence

wit
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 fought in the Mexican-American War

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

hatred

despair

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

Marie and David had a son

Abe fell in love with Marie

David fell in love with Marie
14 Adam Brant is all the following except
Marie and David's son

a clipper ship captain

a (faux) suitor for Lavinia

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

Orin

Brant

Ezra
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

Her mother

Dr. Blake

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

The clocks

The portraits

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

Not having a lover

Being poor

Losing her children
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 is in love with Brant

Lavinia insists her mother give up Brant
21 Christine asks Adam to get her
poison

a ship

a revolver

money
22 Whose idea is it to kill Ezra?
Lavinia

Christine

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

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
intelligent

weak

manipulative

indifferent

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