Mourning Becomes Electra Quizzes

Mourning Becomes Electra Quiz 1

1 What decade was the play published?
1950s

1920s

1930s

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

love

dreams

fate
3 The play is based on the work of
Aeschylus

Euripedes

Plato

Homer
4 The play is influenced by the work of
Aristotle

Freud

Arendt

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

The Revolutionary War

The Civil War

WWI
6 All of the following serve in the war except
Seth

Peter

Ezra

Orin
7 Who is constantly singing?
Peter

Seth

Lavinia

Orin
8 All the Mannons are known for their
green eyes

tall stature

mask-like faces

dark hair
9 Hazel is known for her
wit

purity

intelligence

charm
10 The Mannons are often described as
evil

funny

queer

odd
11 All of the following are true about Ezra except
the town respects him

he studied law

he fought in the Mexican-American War

he was the captain of a clipper ship
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?
Abe exiled David

David fell in love with Marie

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 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?
The West

The Chesapeake Bay

New York City

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

Her mother

A minister

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

The clocks

The statues

The portraits
19 What is Christine most afraid of?
Being poor

Not having a lover

Losing her children

Being old and ugly
20 Which of the following statements is false?
Lavinia is in love with Brant

Lavinia insists her mother give up Brant

Christine hates Lavinia because she reminds her of her wedding night

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?
Christine

No one

Brant

Lavinia
23 Ezra suffers from
gout

heart problems

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

Mentioning that she has to go to his bed

Bringing up Marie

All of these
25 Christine can best be described as
indifferent

manipulative

intelligent

weak

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