Mourning Becomes Electra Quizzes

Mourning Becomes Electra Quiz 1

1 What decade was the play published?
1950s

1930s

1920s

1940s
2 The play is centered on the idea of
hope

dreams

fate

love
3 The play is based on the work of
Homer

Euripedes

Plato

Aeschylus
4 The play is influenced by the work of
Aristotle

Freud

Foucault

Arendt
5 What war is the play set during?
The Civil War

The Revolutionary War

WWI

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

Peter

Orin

Ezra
7 Who is constantly singing?
Seth

Lavinia

Peter

Orin
8 All the Mannons are known for their
tall stature

mask-like faces

dark hair

green eyes
9 Hazel is known for her
charm

wit

purity

intelligence
10 The Mannons are often described as
queer

funny

odd

evil
11 All of the following are true about Ezra except
he fought in the Mexican-American War

the town respects him

he was the captain of a clipper ship

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

hatred

despair

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

Abe exiled David

Abe fell in love with Marie

Marie and David had a son
14 Adam Brant is all the following except
Marie and David's son

a (faux) suitor for Lavinia

a clipper ship captain

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

Ezra

Christine

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

The Chesapeake Bay

The South Sea Islands

New York City
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 books

The statues

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?
Christine hates Lavinia because she reminds her of her wedding night

Lavinia insists her mother give up Brant

Christine loves Orin because he seems like he is hers only

Lavinia is in love with Brant
21 Christine asks Adam to get her
money

a ship

poison

a revolver
22 Whose idea is it to kill Ezra?
Lavinia

Christine

Brant

No one
23 Ezra suffers from
breathing problems

gout

a bad arm

heart problems
24 How does Christine get Brant to agree to disposing of Ezra?
Mentioning that she has to go to his bed

That he'd have to give up his ship

Bringing up Marie

All of these
25 Christine can best be described as
weak

manipulative

intelligent

indifferent

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