Mourning Becomes Electra Quizzes

Mourning Becomes Electra Quiz 1

1 What decade was the play published?
1950s

1930s

1920s

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

hope

dreams

love
3 The play is based on the work of
Plato

Aeschylus

Homer

Euripedes
4 The play is influenced by the work of
Arendt

Foucault

Freud

Aristotle
5 What war is the play set during?
The Revolutionary War

The Civil War

WWI

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

Ezra

Peter

Orin
7 Who is constantly singing?
Orin

Seth

Lavinia

Peter
8 All the Mannons are known for their
dark hair

green eyes

mask-like faces

tall stature
9 Hazel is known for her
purity

charm

intelligence

wit
10 The Mannons are often described as
odd

queer

funny

evil
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

he studied law

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

religion

hatred

wealth
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
Marie and David's son

a clipper ship captain

a (faux) suitor for Lavinia

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

Ezra

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?
Dr. Blake

Her mother

Grandfather

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

The clocks

The portraits

The statues
19 What is Christine most afraid of?
Not having a lover

Being poor

Losing her children

Being old and ugly
20 Which of the following statements is false?
Christine loves Orin because he seems like he is hers only

Lavinia is in love with Brant

Christine hates Lavinia because she reminds her of her wedding night

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

a ship

a revolver

money
22 Whose idea is it to kill Ezra?
Brant

Christine

Lavinia

No one
23 Ezra suffers from
heart problems

a bad arm

breathing problems

gout
24 How does Christine get Brant to agree to disposing of Ezra?
Bringing up Marie

Mentioning that she has to go to his bed

That he'd have to give up his ship

All of these
25 Christine can best be described as
intelligent

weak

manipulative

indifferent

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