Mourning Becomes Electra Quizzes

Mourning Becomes Electra Quiz 1

1 What decade was the play published?
1940s

1950s

1920s

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

love

fate

dreams
3 The play is based on the work of
Euripedes

Homer

Aeschylus

Plato
4 The play is influenced by the work of
Foucault

Arendt

Freud

Aristotle
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

Ezra

Peter

Orin
7 Who is constantly singing?
Orin

Lavinia

Seth

Peter
8 All the Mannons are known for their
mask-like faces

green eyes

dark hair

tall stature
9 Hazel is known for her
charm

intelligence

wit

purity
10 The Mannons are often described as
odd

funny

evil

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

he studied law

the town respects him

he was the captain of a clipper ship
12 Christine refers to the house as a temple to Abe Mannon's
despair

wealth

hatred

religion
13 Which of the following statements about the Mannon past is false?
Abe exiled David

Abe fell in love with Marie

Marie and David had a son

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

Marie and David's son

a clipper ship captain

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

Christine

Orin

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

The South Sea Islands

The West

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

Grandfather

A minister

Dr. Blake
18 What seem possessed with life of their own?
The statues

The books

The portraits

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

Being old and ugly

Not having a lover

Losing her children
20 Which of the following statements is false?
Christine hates Lavinia because she reminds her of her wedding night

Lavinia is in love with Brant

Christine loves Orin because he seems like he is hers only

Lavinia insists her mother give up Brant
21 Christine asks Adam to get her
a revolver

poison

a ship

money
22 Whose idea is it to kill Ezra?
Christine

Lavinia

Brant

No one
23 Ezra suffers from
gout

heart problems

breathing problems

a bad arm
24 How does Christine get Brant to agree to disposing of Ezra?
Bringing up Marie

That he'd have to give up his ship

Mentioning that she has to go to his bed

All of these
25 Christine can best be described as
indifferent

manipulative

weak

intelligent

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