Mourning Becomes Electra Quizzes

Mourning Becomes Electra Quiz 1

1 What decade was the play published?
1920s

1950s

1930s

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

fate

dreams

love
3 The play is based on the work of
Plato

Aeschylus

Homer

Euripedes
4 The play is influenced by the work of
Freud

Foucault

Arendt

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

WWI

The Civil War

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

Orin

Ezra

Peter
7 Who is constantly singing?
Peter

Lavinia

Seth

Orin
8 All the Mannons are known for their
dark hair

tall stature

green eyes

mask-like faces
9 Hazel is known for her
intelligence

charm

wit

purity
10 The Mannons are often described as
evil

queer

funny

odd
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
hatred

religion

wealth

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

Abe exiled David

David fell in love with Marie

Marie and David had a son
14 Adam Brant is all the following except
a (faux) suitor for Lavinia

a relative of Peter and Hazel's

a clipper ship captain

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

Ezra

Christine

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

New York City

The West

The South Sea Islands
17 Who does Christine say she is visiting in New York?
A minister

Her mother

Dr. Blake

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

The portraits

The books

The clocks
19 What is Christine most afraid of?
Not having a lover

Losing her children

Being poor

Being old and ugly
20 Which of the following statements is false?
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

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

a ship

a revolver

money
22 Whose idea is it to kill Ezra?
Lavinia

Christine

No one

Brant
23 Ezra suffers from
gout

heart problems

a bad arm

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

Bringing up Marie

That he'd have to give up his ship

All of these
25 Christine can best be described as
manipulative

intelligent

indifferent

weak

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