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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. Who has died in Act 8 of Strange Interlude?

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

3. Who enters with Lavinia and Peter in Act 1 of The Hunted?

4. How much time has passed between Acts 2 and 3 in Homecoming?

5. For whom does Lavinia harbor a secret admiration?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the exposition which takes place at the beginning of Homecoming, Mourning Becomes Electra. Who is speaking, and what is discussed?

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

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

4. How does Lavinia's crying out to her father in The Hunted, Mourning Becomes Electra reflect similar scenes in the other two plays?

5. Who does Darrell talk about in Act 8 of Strange Interlude? Why does this upset Nina?

6. What does Nina think about doing in the end of Act 9 in Strange Interlude? What are her feelings?

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

8. Discuss the characters of Hazel and Peter in the trilogy of Mourning Becomes Electra. What is their role, symbolically?

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

10. How does the theme of justice in The Haunted, Mourning Becomes Electra relate to the same theme in The Oresteia?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of Incest and Family Secrets in the Mourning Becomes Electra trilogy. Within which characters is this theme manifested? What actions are representative of the theme?

Essay Topic 2

Compare the characters of Ephraim and Eben in Desire Under the Elms. How are these men alike? How are they different? What actions does each commit through the play?

Essay Topic 3

Compare the characters of Lavinia and Christine in the Mourning Becomes Electra trilogy. How and why do these characters become more alike in the progression of the trilogy?

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