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

dreams

fate

hope
3 The play is based on the work of
Plato

Aeschylus

Homer

Euripedes
4 The play is influenced by the work of
Freud

Foucault

Aristotle

Arendt
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
Seth

Orin

Ezra

Peter
7 Who is constantly singing?
Lavinia

Orin

Seth

Peter
8 All the Mannons are known for their
green eyes

mask-like faces

dark hair

tall stature
9 Hazel is known for her
intelligence

wit

purity

charm
10 The Mannons are often described as
queer

odd

funny

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

he fought in the Mexican-American War

he studied law

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

hatred

religion

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

Marie and David had a son

Abe exiled David

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

a (faux) suitor for Lavinia

a relative of Peter and Hazel's

a clipper ship captain
15 Who does Lavinia love the most fiercely?
Ezra

Brant

Orin

Christine
16 What place do Brant, Orin, and Christine wax poetic about?
The South Sea Islands

The West

The Chesapeake Bay

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

Dr. Blake

Her mother

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

The statues

The clocks

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

Losing her children

Being old and ugly

Being poor
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 revolver

a ship

poison

money
22 Whose idea is it to kill Ezra?
Lavinia

No one

Brant

Christine
23 Ezra suffers from
heart problems

a bad arm

gout

breathing problems
24 How does Christine get Brant to agree to disposing of Ezra?
Bringing up Marie

Mentioning that she has to go to his bed

That he'd have to give up his ship

All of these
25 Christine can best be described as
indifferent

manipulative

weak

intelligent

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