Mourning Becomes Electra Quizzes

Mourning Becomes Electra Quiz 1

1 What decade was the play published?
1950s

1920s

1930s

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

fate

hope

love
3 The play is based on the work of
Aeschylus

Homer

Euripedes

Plato
4 The play is influenced by the work of
Foucault

Arendt

Aristotle

Freud
5 What war is the play set during?
The Mexican-American War

WWI

The Civil War

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

Ezra

Peter

Seth
7 Who is constantly singing?
Orin

Peter

Seth

Lavinia
8 All the Mannons are known for their
tall stature

mask-like faces

dark hair

green eyes
9 Hazel is known for her
purity

wit

intelligence

charm
10 The Mannons are often described as
funny

evil

queer

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

he studied law

he fought in the Mexican-American War

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

wealth

despair

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

Abe exiled David

Abe fell in love with Marie

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

Marie and David's son

a clipper ship captain

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

Christine

Brant

Ezra
16 What place do Brant, Orin, and Christine wax poetic about?
New York City

The Chesapeake Bay

The South Sea Islands

The West
17 Who does Christine say she is visiting in New York?
A minister

Grandfather

Her mother

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

The portraits

The clocks

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

Not having a lover

Being old and ugly

Being poor
20 Which of the following statements is false?
Lavinia is in love with Brant

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
21 Christine asks Adam to get her
poison

a ship

a revolver

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

Brant

Lavinia

Christine
23 Ezra suffers from
heart problems

breathing problems

a bad arm

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

Mentioning that she has to go to his bed

Bringing up Marie

All of these
25 Christine can best be described as
indifferent

intelligent

manipulative

weak

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