Mourning Becomes Electra Quizzes

Mourning Becomes Electra Quiz 1

1 What decade was the play published?

1930s

1950s

1940s

1920s
2 The play is centered on the idea of

dreams

fate

love

hope
3 The play is based on the work of

Homer

Aeschylus

Plato

Euripedes
4 The play is influenced by the work of

Aristotle

Foucault

Freud

Arendt
5 What war is the play set during?

The Mexican-American War

The Civil War

The Revolutionary War

WWI
6 All of the following serve in the war except

Seth

Orin

Peter

Ezra
7 Who is constantly singing?

Seth

Lavinia

Peter

Orin
8 All the Mannons are known for their

green eyes

tall stature

dark hair

mask-like faces
9 Hazel is known for her

intelligence

wit

purity

charm
10 The Mannons are often described as

queer

funny

evil

odd
11 All of the following are true about Ezra except

he studied law

the town respects him

he was the captain of a clipper ship

he fought in the Mexican-American War
12 Christine refers to the house as a temple to Abe Mannon's

wealth

hatred

despair

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

Abe fell in love with Marie

David fell in love with Marie

Abe exiled David

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

a clipper ship captain

a (faux) suitor for Lavinia

Marie and David's son

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

Ezra

Orin

Brant

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

The West

The South Sea Islands

New York City

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

Her mother

Grandfather

Dr. Blake

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?

Being old and ugly

Being poor

Losing her children

Not having a lover
20 Which of the following statements is false?

Christine hates Lavinia because she reminds her of her wedding night

Christine loves Orin because he seems like he is hers only

Lavinia is in love with Brant

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

money

poison

a revolver

a ship
22 Whose idea is it to kill Ezra?

Lavinia

Brant

Christine

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?

That he'd have to give up his ship

Bringing up Marie

Mentioning that she has to go to his bed

All of these
25 Christine can best be described as

weak

manipulative

intelligent

indifferent

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