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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long is it before Brant's ship is due to sail from Boston again?
(a) Two days.
(b) Six months.
(c) One month.
(d) One week.

2. What does Orin tell Lavinia he is doing, locked in the dark study by himself in the third play?
(a) Writing her a love poem.
(b) Communing with ghosts.
(c) Reading law books.
(d) Writing a confession.

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

4. Who does Christine call out to protect Adam Brant at the end of Play Two, Act Three?
(a) Lavinia.
(b) David.
(c) Orin.
(d) Ezra.

5. Orin tells a shocked Lavinia that she must learn to _________ death.
(a) Ignore.
(b) Mock.
(c) Love.
(d) Embrace.

6. How many letters does Orin receive from Christine in the last six months of the war?
(a) Twenty.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Ten.

7. Who does Orin think is waiting for him in the study, when he returns from his long trip with Lavinia?
(a) Brant.
(b) Ezra.
(c) Christine.
(d) Hazel.

8. Christine tells Hazel that she no longer believes in what?
(a) Future.
(b) Heaven.
(c) Love.
(d) Evil.

9. Who does Christine tell Orin that she is jealous of?
(a) Orin.
(b) Hazel.
(c) Ezra.
(d) Lavinia.

10. What does Lavinia force Orin to say doesn't exist at the beginning of the third play?
(a) Past.
(b) Christine.
(c) Ghosts.
(d) Love.

11. What does Seth bet Abner to stay the night in the Mannon house?
(a) The town.
(b) A million dollars.
(c) Ten dollars and a jug of liquor.
(d) A jug of rum.

12. How does Orin kill himself?
(a) Drowning.
(b) Poison.
(c) Ezra's gun.
(d) Hanging.

13. What is the name of the cousins Lavinia and Orin are supposed to be visiting?
(a) Bradfords.
(b) Bradleys.
(c) Blackwells.
(d) Brantwells.

14. What is the last word that Christine says before killing herself?
(a) Live.
(b) Ezra.
(c) Adam.
(d) Death.

15. Lavinia tells Christine that killing Brant is what?
(a) Murder.
(b) Revenge.
(c) Justice.
(d) Mercy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Christine kill herself?

2. Orin tells his mother that he feels the presence of __________ in the house.

3. Who does Lavinia tell Orin forgets them at the end of the first scene in Play Three, Act One?

4. What does Orin tell Lavinia killing in the war is like?

5. Who does Abner Small say haunts the Mannon house?

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