Mourning Becomes Electra Quizzes

Mourning Becomes Electra Quiz 1

1 What decade was the play published?

1930s

1920s

1950s

1940s
2 The play is centered on the idea of

love

fate

dreams

hope
3 The play is based on the work of

Homer

Euripedes

Plato

Aeschylus
4 The play is influenced by the work of

Freud

Aristotle

Foucault

Arendt
5 What war is the play set during?

The Revolutionary War

WWI

The Mexican-American War

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

Seth

Peter

Orin

Ezra
7 Who is constantly singing?

Seth

Orin

Lavinia

Peter
8 All the Mannons are known for their

mask-like faces

tall stature

dark hair

green eyes
9 Hazel is known for her

wit

intelligence

charm

purity
10 The Mannons are often described as

funny

evil

queer

odd
11 All of the following are true about Ezra except

he studied law

he was the captain of a clipper ship

he fought in the Mexican-American War

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

religion

hatred

wealth

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

Abe exiled David

Marie and David had a son

Abe fell in love with Marie

David fell in love with Marie
14 Adam Brant is all the following except

a (faux) suitor for Lavinia

Marie and David's son

a relative of Peter and Hazel's

a clipper ship captain
15 Who does Lavinia love the most fiercely?

Ezra

Christine

Orin

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

New York City

The West

The South Sea Islands

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

Grandfather

Dr. Blake

Her mother

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

The clocks

The portraits

The books

The statues
19 What is Christine most afraid of?

Being poor

Losing her children

Not having a lover

Being old and ugly
20 Which of the following statements is false?

Lavinia is in love with Brant

Christine hates Lavinia because she reminds her of her wedding night

Lavinia insists her mother give up Brant

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

poison

a ship

a revolver

money
22 Whose idea is it to kill Ezra?

Brant

No one

Lavinia

Christine
23 Ezra suffers from

breathing problems

a bad arm

gout

heart problems
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

manipulative

intelligent

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