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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Orin speaking to in the beginning of Play Three, Act Two?
(a) Christine's ghost.
(b) Lavinia.
(c) Himself.
(d) Ezra's portrait.

2. Orin angrily tells Lavinia, in the last play, that they have no right to what?
(a) Justice.
(b) Love.
(c) Futures.
(d) Life.

3. What is the name of the ship officer that Orin accuses Lavinia of wanting on their trip East?
(a) Wilkins.
(b) Wells.
(c) Willoby.
(d) Wilson.

4. Lavinia tells Orin that Ezra says Orin does one of the _________ things he sees in the war.
(a) Craziest.
(b) Bravest.
(c) Stupidest.
(d) Kindest.

5. What does Orin tell his mother that Brant does to her to get her to murder Ezra?
(a) Beg.
(b) Drug.
(c) Brainwash.
(d) Hypnotize.

6. The stage directions describe Ezra's dead face as looking like __________.
(a) Orin's.
(b) A statue.
(c) A monster.
(d) Abe's.

7. What does Lavinia wish Orin has the courage to do at the beginning of Play Three, Act Three?
(a) Kill himself.
(b) Leave the house.
(c) Forget Christine.
(d) Marry Hazel.

8. What does Brant give up to runaway with Christine?
(a) His family.
(b) His ship.
(c) His dignity.
(d) His fortune.

9. Orin tells Lavinia, in the last play, that he is drawn to Hazel's what?
(a) Purity.
(b) Kindness.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Beauty.

10. How much time passes between Acts One and Two of Play Three?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) One month.
(c) Two days.
(d) One year.

11. Who does Abner Small say haunts the Mannon house?
(a) Ezra.
(b) Christine.
(c) Abe.
(d) David.

12. Orin tells Christine at the end of the Play Two, Act Three that she is his what?
(a) Dead.
(b) Lost island.
(c) Blessed island.
(d) Savior.

13. Orin tells Lavinia in the third act of Play Two that he never forgets what?
(a) The past.
(b) Christine's hair.
(c) Hazel's love.
(d) The war.

14. Where do Orin and Lavinia go instead of visiting their cousins?
(a) Boston.
(b) New York.
(c) Portsmouth.
(d) The islands.

15. Orin tells his mother that he feels the presence of __________ in the house.
(a) Abe.
(b) Ezra.
(c) Love.
(d) Evil.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lavinia tells the portraits in the sitting room, in the last play, that she does her ______ to them.

2. Looking down on the action of Play Two, Act Two is a portrait of a soldier from ____________ army.

3. What is Orin carrying, when he and Lavinia return to the house in Act Five of the second play?

4. Who does Lavinia send to get Doctor Blake, after Christine kills herself?

5. Seth tells Hazel he lets Abner Small in the house to stop the __________.

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