Mourning Becomes Electra Quizzes

Mourning Becomes Electra Quiz 1

1 What decade was the play published?
1940s

1950s

1920s

1930s
2 The play is centered on the idea of
hope

love

dreams

fate
3 The play is based on the work of
Euripedes

Aeschylus

Plato

Homer
4 The play is influenced by the work of
Foucault

Freud

Aristotle

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

The Revolutionary War

The Civil War

WWI
6 All of the following serve in the war except
Peter

Seth

Orin

Ezra
7 Who is constantly singing?
Peter

Orin

Lavinia

Seth
8 All the Mannons are known for their
green eyes

tall stature

dark hair

mask-like faces
9 Hazel is known for her
intelligence

purity

wit

charm
10 The Mannons are often described as
queer

evil

odd

funny
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

the town respects him

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

despair

wealth

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

David fell in love with Marie

Marie and David had a son

Abe exiled David
14 Adam Brant is all the following except
a (faux) suitor for Lavinia

a clipper ship captain

a relative of Peter and Hazel's

Marie and David's son
15 Who does Lavinia love the most fiercely?
Orin

Christine

Ezra

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

The West

New York City

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

Dr. Blake

Grandfather

Her mother
18 What seem possessed with life of their own?
The clocks

The statues

The books

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

Being poor

Not having a lover

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

Lavinia is in love with Brant

Christine loves Orin because he seems like he is hers only

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

poison

money

a ship
22 Whose idea is it to kill Ezra?
No one

Christine

Brant

Lavinia
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
weak

intelligent

manipulative

indifferent

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