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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of the second play?

2. Orin teases Lavinia when he returns from the war that she is still _____________.

3. What does Christine call Orin when she first sees him on the day he returns from the war?

4. Which of the following Greek dramas is NOT source material for Mourning Becomes Electra?

5. What color dress is Lavinia wearing the night her father returns?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hazel say about the Mannon house as she and Peter prepare it for Lavinia and Orin's return from the islands?

2. What significant information does Captain Brant learn from the drunken sailor near his ship?

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

4. What does Orin say about the war that shocks Christine, Hazel and Peter?

5. How does Peter react to seeing Lavinia when she returns from her trip to the East?

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

7. How does O'Neill show a clear contrast between Christine and Hazel in Play Two, Act Five?

8. Why is Orin suspicious of his mother's fondness for Hazel?

9. How does Christine die?

10. What is remarkable about Lavinia's appearance in the third play?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how O'Neill makes the key thematic point through Mourning Becomes Electra that humanity doesn't change much in two thousand years.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how the setting and stage direction in Mourning Becomes Electra are as significant to the plot as the characters, giving five specific examples.

Essay Topic 3

What kind of demands on the audience does Mourning Becomes Electra make? Discuss the structure, length and emotional weight of the play.

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