Mourning Becomes Electra Quizzes

Mourning Becomes Electra Quiz 1

1 What decade was the play published?
1950s

1920s

1930s

1940s
2 The play is centered on the idea of
fate

hope

dreams

love
3 The play is based on the work of
Aeschylus

Plato

Homer

Euripedes
4 The play is influenced by the work of
Freud

Foucault

Aristotle

Arendt
5 What war is the play set during?
WWI

The Civil War

The Revolutionary War

The Mexican-American War
6 All of the following serve in the war except
Peter

Ezra

Seth

Orin
7 Who is constantly singing?
Lavinia

Seth

Orin

Peter
8 All the Mannons are known for their
dark hair

tall stature

green eyes

mask-like faces
9 Hazel is known for her
charm

purity

intelligence

wit
10 The Mannons are often described as
queer

funny

odd

evil
11 All of the following are true about Ezra except
he was the captain of a clipper ship

he fought in the Mexican-American War

the town respects him

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

religion

wealth

despair
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 relative of Peter and Hazel's

a (faux) suitor for Lavinia

a clipper ship captain

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

Orin

Ezra

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?
Dr. Blake

Her mother

Grandfather

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

The statues

The books

The portraits
19 What is Christine most afraid of?
Losing her children

Being old and ugly

Not having a lover

Being poor
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
poison

money

a ship

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

Christine

Lavinia

Brant
23 Ezra suffers from
breathing problems

heart problems

a bad arm

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

manipulative

indifferent

weak

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