Mourning Becomes Electra Quizzes

Mourning Becomes Electra Quiz 1

1 What decade was the play published?

1950s

1940s

1930s

1920s
2 The play is centered on the idea of

dreams

hope

love

fate
3 The play is based on the work of

Homer

Plato

Euripedes

Aeschylus
4 The play is influenced by the work of

Freud

Foucault

Arendt

Aristotle
5 What war is the play set during?

WWI

The Civil War

The Mexican-American War

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

Peter

Seth

Orin

Ezra
7 Who is constantly singing?

Lavinia

Peter

Seth

Orin
8 All the Mannons are known for their

dark hair

green eyes

mask-like faces

tall stature
9 Hazel is known for her

intelligence

charm

wit

purity
10 The Mannons are often described as

evil

odd

queer

funny
11 All of the following are true about Ezra except

the town respects him

he was the captain of a clipper ship

he studied law

he fought in the Mexican-American War
12 Christine refers to the house as a temple to Abe Mannon's

despair

wealth

religion

hatred
13 Which of the following statements about the Mannon past is false?

Marie and David had a son

Abe fell in love with Marie

David fell in love with Marie

Abe exiled David
14 Adam Brant is all the following except

a relative of Peter and Hazel's

a (faux) suitor for Lavinia

Marie and David's son

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

Christine

Brant

Ezra

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

The Chesapeake Bay

New York City

The South Sea Islands

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

Grandfather

Dr. Blake

Her mother

A minister
18 What seem possessed with life of their own?

The clocks

The portraits

The books

The statues
19 What is Christine most afraid of?

Being poor

Being old and ugly

Losing her children

Not having a lover
20 Which of the following statements is false?

Lavinia is in love with Brant

Christine hates Lavinia because she reminds her of her wedding night

Christine loves Orin because he seems like he is hers only

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

money

poison

a ship

a revolver
22 Whose idea is it to kill Ezra?

Brant

No one

Lavinia

Christine
23 Ezra suffers from

a bad arm

breathing problems

gout

heart problems
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

manipulative

weak

intelligent

indifferent

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