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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who goes to the train station with Lavinia to meet Orin?
(a) Hazel.
(b) Peter.
(c) Christine.
(d) Seth.

2. How long are Ezra and Christine married?
(a) 23 years.
(b) 27 years.
(c) 16 years.
(d) 30 years.

3. Which of the following Greek dramas is NOT source material for Mourning Becomes Electra?
(a) Oedipus the King.
(b) Electra by Euripides.
(c) The Orestia.
(d) Electra by Sophocles.

4. What is Amos Ames' trade?
(a) Carpenter.
(b) Preacher.
(c) Sailor.
(d) Blacksmith.

5. Ezra tells Orin that his heart condition is what?
(a) Deadly.
(b) Not serious.
(c) Non-existent.
(d) Acute.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who jokes that Ezra probably dies from making love to Christine?

2. Where is Christine when she comes upon Peter and Lavinia in the first scene of the play?

3. Who are the members of the "chorus" in the first scene of the play?

4. What is the setting of the first act of the second play?

5. Captain Brant tells Lavinia that the color of her hair reminds him of whom?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Christine learn of Brant's murder?

2. Describe the Mannon mansion in the opening scene of the play.

3. How do Orin and Lavinia come to be just like their parents?

4. What condition is Orin in at the beginning of the third play?

5. How does Orin tell Lavinia he is actually wounded in the war?

6. How does Christine plan to kill Ezra with the help of Captain Brant?

7. How does Captain Brant die?

8. Who is Josiah Borden?

9. What news does Peter share with Lavinia in Act One, Scene One of Homecoming?

10. According to Mrs. Borden, how is Lavinia handling her father's death?

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