Mourning Becomes Electra Quizzes

Mourning Becomes Electra Quiz 1

1 What decade was the play published?
1940s

1950s

1920s

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

hope

dreams

fate
3 The play is based on the work of
Plato

Aeschylus

Euripedes

Homer
4 The play is influenced by the work of
Foucault

Arendt

Freud

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

The Revolutionary War

WWI

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

Orin

Ezra

Peter
7 Who is constantly singing?
Orin

Seth

Lavinia

Peter
8 All the Mannons are known for their
tall stature

mask-like faces

green eyes

dark hair
9 Hazel is known for her
charm

purity

wit

intelligence
10 The Mannons are often described as
queer

odd

evil

funny
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

despair

wealth
13 Which of the following statements about the Mannon past is false?
Marie and David had a son

Abe exiled David

Abe fell in love with Marie

David 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?
Brant

Orin

Christine

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

New York City

The Chesapeake Bay

The South Sea Islands
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 statues

The portraits

The clocks

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

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
money

a ship

poison

a revolver
22 Whose idea is it to kill Ezra?
Lavinia

Christine

Brant

No one
23 Ezra suffers from
heart problems

gout

a bad arm

breathing problems
24 How does Christine get Brant to agree to disposing of Ezra?
That he'd have to give up his ship

Bringing up Marie

Mentioning that she has to go to his bed

All of these
25 Christine can best be described as
indifferent

weak

intelligent

manipulative

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