Mourning Becomes Electra Quizzes

Mourning Becomes Electra Quiz 1

1 What decade was the play published?
1930s

1950s

1940s

1920s
2 The play is centered on the idea of
fate

dreams

hope

love
3 The play is based on the work of
Homer

Aeschylus

Plato

Euripedes
4 The play is influenced by the work of
Arendt

Aristotle

Foucault

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

Ezra

Seth

Orin
7 Who is constantly singing?
Lavinia

Seth

Orin

Peter
8 All the Mannons are known for their
green eyes

tall stature

mask-like faces

dark hair
9 Hazel is known for her
intelligence

wit

charm

purity
10 The Mannons are often described as
evil

queer

funny

odd
11 All of the following are true about Ezra except
he fought in the Mexican-American War

the town respects him

he studied law

he was the captain of a clipper ship
12 Christine refers to the house as a temple to Abe Mannon's
despair

religion

hatred

wealth
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
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?
Orin

Brant

Ezra

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

New York City

The Chesapeake Bay

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

Her mother

Grandfather

Dr. Blake
18 What seem possessed with life of their own?
The portraits

The statues

The clocks

The books
19 What is Christine most afraid of?
Not having a lover

Losing her children

Being poor

Being old and ugly
20 Which of the following statements is false?
Lavinia insists her mother give up Brant

Christine loves Orin because he seems like he is hers only

Lavinia is in love with Brant

Christine hates Lavinia because she reminds her of her wedding night
21 Christine asks Adam to get her
a ship

a revolver

money

poison
22 Whose idea is it to kill Ezra?
Lavinia

No one

Brant

Christine
23 Ezra suffers from
a bad arm

heart problems

breathing problems

gout
24 How does Christine get Brant to agree to disposing of Ezra?
That he'd have to give up his ship

Bringing up Marie

Mentioning that she has to go to his bed

All of these
25 Christine can best be described as
indifferent

intelligent

manipulative

weak

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