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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who does Lavinia send to get Doctor Blake, after Christine kills herself?
2. Whose house does Ira Mackel say is haunted?
3. What does Orin say, in the last play, that Lavinia steals from their mother?
4. How much time passes by the beginning of the third play?
5. Orin tells Christine about a book he reads during the war that tells him all about what?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How is love evoked throughout the novel as a justification for sins. What are the thematic implications of the darker side of love in the play?
Essay Topic 2
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 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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