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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 is present at the opening of Act 9, in Strange Interlude?
(a) Darrell and Nina.
(b) Nina and Leeds.
(c) Marsden and Nina.
(d) Gordon and Madeline.

2. Orin comments to Lavinia that their arguing makes him think what, in Act 2 of The Haunted?
(a) They're becoming unhinged.
(b) They're becoming their parents.
(c) They're both suicidal.
(d) They're becoming like lovers.

3. Where does Act 1 of The Haunted take place?
(a) The parlor.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) Ezra's study.
(d) Outside the Mannon house.

4. What has Ezra had a premonition of in Act 4 of Homecoming?
(a) His death.
(b) Orin's death.
(c) Brant's death.
(d) Christine's death.

5. Who kills Brant in Act 4 of The Hunted?
(a) Orin.
(b) Seth.
(c) Christine.
(d) Lavinia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Orin say he was outside looking for in Act 1 of The Haunted?

2. Where does Act 8 take place in Strange Interlude?

3. To what does Christine express extreme shock at seeing in Act 3 of The Hunted?

4. What is Orin suffering from after the war, in Act 3 of Homecoming?

5. Who accuses Lavinia of trying to separate her from Orin, in Act 1 of The Hunted?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the foreshadowing which takes place in Homecoming, Mourning Becomes Electra.

2. Describe Ezra's return in Mourning Becomes Electra.

3. What does Lavinia ask Brant in Act 3 of Homecoming, Mourning Becomes Electra? What takes place during this discussion?

4. Why are the final lines of Act 1, Scene 1 of The Haunted, Mourning Becomes Electra ironic?

5. Describe the scene in Ezra's bedroom when he dies in Mourning Becomes Electra.

6. What exposition is taking place at the beginning of The Haunted, Mourning Becomes Electra? Who is present?

7. Who interrupts Gordon and Madeline in Act 9 of Strange Interlude? What are this character's thoughts about them?

8. What is Orin writing in Act 2 of The Haunted, Mourning Becomes Electra? What is Lavinia's reaction?

9. How is Orin described as in The Hunted, Mourning Becomes Electra? What does he speak of when he arrives?

10. Where is Act Two set in Homecoming, Mourning Becomes Electra? What discussion takes place between Lavinia and Christine here?

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