Mourning Becomes Electra Quizzes

Mourning Becomes Electra Quiz 1

1 What decade was the play published?
1920s

1940s

1930s

1950s
2 The play is centered on the idea of
dreams

hope

fate

love
3 The play is based on the work of
Homer

Plato

Euripedes

Aeschylus
4 The play is influenced by the work of
Aristotle

Arendt

Freud

Foucault
5 What war is the play set during?
WWI

The Revolutionary War

The Civil War

The Mexican-American War
6 All of the following serve in the war except
Peter

Orin

Ezra

Seth
7 Who is constantly singing?
Orin

Lavinia

Seth

Peter
8 All the Mannons are known for their
tall stature

green eyes

mask-like faces

dark hair
9 Hazel is known for her
wit

charm

purity

intelligence
10 The Mannons are often described as
queer

funny

evil

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
wealth

religion

despair

hatred
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 exiled David

Abe fell in love with Marie
14 Adam Brant is all the following except
a (faux) suitor for Lavinia

Marie and David's son

a relative of Peter and Hazel's

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

Ezra

Orin

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

New York City

The Chesapeake Bay

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

A minister

Dr. Blake

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

The portraits

The statues

The books
19 What is Christine most afraid of?
Being poor

Not having a lover

Losing her children

Being old and ugly
20 Which of the following statements is false?
Lavinia is in love with Brant

Lavinia insists her mother give up Brant

Christine hates Lavinia because she reminds her of her wedding night

Christine loves Orin because he seems like he is hers only
21 Christine asks Adam to get her
a ship

money

a revolver

poison
22 Whose idea is it to kill Ezra?
Christine

Lavinia

No one

Brant
23 Ezra suffers from
a bad arm

heart problems

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
manipulative

indifferent

weak

intelligent

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