Mourning Becomes Electra Quizzes

Mourning Becomes Electra Quiz 1

1 What decade was the play published?
1950s

1940s

1930s

1920s
2 The play is centered on the idea of
dreams

fate

love

hope
3 The play is based on the work of
Plato

Homer

Aeschylus

Euripedes
4 The play is influenced by the work of
Aristotle

Freud

Foucault

Arendt
5 What war is the play set during?
The Revolutionary War

The Mexican-American War

The Civil War

WWI
6 All of the following serve in the war except
Seth

Peter

Orin

Ezra
7 Who is constantly singing?
Lavinia

Peter

Seth

Orin
8 All the Mannons are known for their
dark hair

green eyes

tall stature

mask-like faces
9 Hazel is known for her
wit

intelligence

charm

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 fought in the Mexican-American War

he was the captain of a clipper ship

he studied law
12 Christine refers to the house as a temple to Abe Mannon's
despair

wealth

religion

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

Abe exiled David

Abe fell in love with Marie

Marie and David had a son
14 Adam Brant is all the following except
a clipper ship captain

a relative of Peter and Hazel's

a (faux) suitor for Lavinia

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

Orin

Christine

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

The Chesapeake Bay

The South Sea Islands

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 books

The clocks

The portraits

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

Being poor

Being old and ugly

Losing her children
20 Which of the following statements is false?
Lavinia insists her mother give up Brant

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
21 Christine asks Adam to get her
a ship

a revolver

money

poison
22 Whose idea is it to kill Ezra?
No one

Brant

Christine

Lavinia
23 Ezra suffers from
gout

heart problems

breathing problems

a bad arm
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
indifferent

weak

intelligent

manipulative

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