Mourning Becomes Electra Quizzes

Mourning Becomes Electra Quiz 1

1 What decade was the play published?

1920s

1950s

1940s

1930s
2 The play is centered on the idea of

hope

fate

dreams

love
3 The play is based on the work of

Euripedes

Plato

Aeschylus

Homer
4 The play is influenced by the work of

Foucault

Aristotle

Freud

Arendt
5 What war is the play set during?

The Mexican-American War

The Civil War

WWI

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

Peter

Ezra

Orin

Seth
7 Who is constantly singing?

Peter

Seth

Orin

Lavinia
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

evil

funny

odd

queer
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

religion

hatred

wealth

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

Abe fell in love with Marie

Marie and David had a son

David fell in love with Marie

Abe exiled David
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

Orin

Ezra

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

The Chesapeake Bay

The South Sea Islands

New York City

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

Dr. Blake

Her mother

A minister

Grandfather
18 What seem possessed with life of their own?

The statues

The books

The clocks

The portraits
19 What is Christine most afraid of?

Being old and ugly

Losing her children

Being poor

Not having a lover
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

money

a revolver

a ship

poison
22 Whose idea is it to kill Ezra?

No one

Lavinia

Brant

Christine
23 Ezra suffers from

heart problems

a bad arm

breathing problems

gout
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

manipulative

indifferent

weak

intelligent

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