Mourning Becomes Electra Quizzes

Mourning Becomes Electra Quiz 1

1 What decade was the play published?
1950s

1920s

1940s

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

dreams

fate

love
3 The play is based on the work of
Plato

Homer

Euripedes

Aeschylus
4 The play is influenced by the work of
Foucault

Arendt

Aristotle

Freud
5 What war is the play set during?
The Revolutionary War

The Civil War

The Mexican-American War

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

Ezra

Seth

Peter
7 Who is constantly singing?
Peter

Lavinia

Orin

Seth
8 All the Mannons are known for their
green eyes

tall stature

dark hair

mask-like faces
9 Hazel is known for her
purity

charm

wit

intelligence
10 The Mannons are often described as
funny

evil

queer

odd
11 All of the following are true about Ezra except
he studied law

he was the captain of a clipper ship

the town respects him

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

wealth

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 fell in love with Marie

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

a clipper ship captain

Marie and David's son

a relative of Peter and Hazel's
15 Who does Lavinia love the most fiercely?
Ezra

Orin

Brant

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

The Chesapeake Bay

The West

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 portraits

The clocks
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 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
money

a ship

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

breathing problems

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
intelligent

indifferent

weak

manipulative

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