Mourning Becomes Electra Quizzes

Mourning Becomes Electra Quiz 1

1 What decade was the play published?

1930s

1940s

1950s

1920s
2 The play is centered on the idea of

dreams

fate

love

hope
3 The play is based on the work of

Aeschylus

Euripedes

Homer

Plato
4 The play is influenced by the work of

Freud

Aristotle

Foucault

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

Orin

Ezra

Seth

Peter
7 Who is constantly singing?

Seth

Peter

Orin

Lavinia
8 All the Mannons are known for their

green eyes

dark hair

mask-like faces

tall stature
9 Hazel is known for her

wit

charm

purity

intelligence
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 studied law

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

religion

despair

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

Marie and David had a son

Abe exiled David

David fell in love with Marie

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

a clipper ship captain

a (faux) suitor for Lavinia

a relative of Peter and Hazel's

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

Ezra

Orin

Brant

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

New York City

The West

The Chesapeake Bay

The South Sea Islands
17 Who does Christine say she is visiting in New York?

A minister

Her mother

Grandfather

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

The statues

The clocks

The portraits

The books
19 What is Christine most afraid of?

Being poor

Losing her children

Being old and ugly

Not having a lover
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

Christine loves Orin because he seems like he is hers only

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

money

a revolver

poison

a ship
22 Whose idea is it to kill Ezra?

Brant

Christine

Lavinia

No one
23 Ezra suffers from

gout

a bad arm

breathing problems

heart problems
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

weak

manipulative

indifferent

intelligent

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