Mourning Becomes Electra Quizzes

Mourning Becomes Electra Quiz 1

By Kristen Osborne-Bartucca · Edited by Aaron Suduiko · Last reviewed March 27, 2018

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

Homer

Euripedes

Plato
4 The play is influenced by the work of

Freud

Arendt

Aristotle

Foucault
5 What war is the play set during?

The Mexican-American War

WWI

The Revolutionary War

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

Ezra

Seth

Peter

Orin
7 Who is constantly singing?

Seth

Lavinia

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

intelligence

wit

charm

purity
10 The Mannons are often described as

odd

queer

evil

funny
11 All of the following are true about Ezra except

he fought in the Mexican-American War

he was the captain of a clipper ship

the town respects him

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

hatred

wealth

religion

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

David fell in love with Marie

Abe exiled David

Marie and David had a son

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

a relative of Peter and Hazel's

a clipper ship captain

Marie and David's son

a (faux) suitor for Lavinia
15 Who does Lavinia love the most fiercely?

Brant

Christine

Ezra

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

The South Sea Islands

The West

New York City

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

Grandfather

A minister

Her mother

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

The clocks

The portraits

The books

The statues
19 What is Christine most afraid of?

Not having a lover

Losing her children

Being poor

Being old and ugly
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

a ship

money

a revolver
22 Whose idea is it to kill Ezra?

Lavinia

No one

Brant

Christine
23 Ezra suffers from

a bad arm

gout

heart problems

breathing 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

manipulative

indifferent

intelligent

weak

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