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

love

fate

dreams

hope
3 The play is based on the work of

Euripedes

Plato

Homer

Aeschylus
4 The play is influenced by the work of

Arendt

Freud

Foucault

Aristotle
5 What war is the play set during?

WWI

The Civil War

The Mexican-American War

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

Seth

Orin

Peter

Ezra
7 Who is constantly singing?

Seth

Orin

Peter

Lavinia
8 All the Mannons are known for their

tall stature

green eyes

dark hair

mask-like faces
9 Hazel is known for her

purity

charm

intelligence

wit
10 The Mannons are often described as

queer

evil

funny

odd
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

despair

hatred

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

David fell in love with Marie

Marie and David had a son

Abe exiled David

Abe fell in love with Marie
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

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?

Her mother

Grandfather

A minister

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

The portraits

The statues

The clocks

The books
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

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

a ship

a revolver

poison

money
22 Whose idea is it to kill Ezra?

Christine

Brant

Lavinia

No one
23 Ezra suffers from

breathing problems

a bad arm

heart problems

gout
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

intelligent

weak

manipulative

indifferent

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