Mourning Becomes Electra Quizzes

Mourning Becomes Electra Quiz 1

1 What decade was the play published?
1950s

1940s

1920s

1930s
2 The play is centered on the idea of
love

hope

fate

dreams
3 The play is based on the work of
Plato

Euripedes

Homer

Aeschylus
4 The play is influenced by the work of
Arendt

Aristotle

Foucault

Freud
5 What war is the play set during?
The Mexican-American War

The Civil War

WWI

The Revolutionary War
6 All of the following serve in the war except
Ezra

Seth

Orin

Peter
7 Who is constantly singing?
Lavinia

Orin

Peter

Seth
8 All the Mannons are known for their
green eyes

mask-like faces

dark hair

tall stature
9 Hazel is known for her
wit

intelligence

charm

purity
10 The Mannons are often described as
odd

queer

funny

evil
11 All of the following are true about Ezra except
he studied law

he was the captain of a clipper ship

the town respects him

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

religion

wealth

hatred
13 Which of the following statements about the Mannon past is false?
David fell in love with Marie

Abe exiled David

Abe fell in love with Marie

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

a relative of Peter and Hazel's

a clipper ship captain

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

Christine

Orin

Ezra
16 What place do Brant, Orin, and Christine wax poetic about?
New York City

The South Sea Islands

The West

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

A minister

Grandfather

Her mother
18 What seem possessed with life of their own?
The clocks

The statues

The portraits

The books
19 What is Christine most afraid of?
Being old and ugly

Not having a lover

Being poor

Losing her children
20 Which of the following statements is false?
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

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?
No one

Christine

Lavinia

Brant
23 Ezra suffers from
heart problems

gout

a bad arm

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
indifferent

weak

intelligent

manipulative

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