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

love

fate

dreams
3 The play is based on the work of
Aeschylus

Homer

Plato

Euripedes
4 The play is influenced by the work of
Aristotle

Freud

Foucault

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

WWI

The Revolutionary War

The Civil War
6 All of the following serve in the war except
Orin

Peter

Seth

Ezra
7 Who is constantly singing?
Seth

Orin

Peter

Lavinia
8 All the Mannons are known for their
tall stature

mask-like faces

green eyes

dark hair
9 Hazel is known for her
purity

charm

wit

intelligence
10 The Mannons are often described as
funny

evil

odd

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

he was the captain of a clipper ship

he studied law

the town respects him
12 Christine refers to the house as a temple to Abe Mannon's
wealth

hatred

religion

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

David fell in love with Marie

Marie and David had a son

Abe exiled David
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?
Ezra

Christine

Brant

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

The South Sea Islands

The West

The Chesapeake Bay
17 Who does Christine say she is visiting in New York?
Dr. Blake

Grandfather

Her mother

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

The clocks

The portraits

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

Losing her children

Being old and ugly

Being poor
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

Lavinia is in love with Brant

Christine loves Orin because he seems like he is hers only
21 Christine asks Adam to get her
money

poison

a ship

a revolver
22 Whose idea is it to kill Ezra?
No one

Lavinia

Brant

Christine
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

Mentioning that she has to go to his bed

That he'd have to give up his ship

All of these
25 Christine can best be described as
manipulative

indifferent

intelligent

weak

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