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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 setting of Act 3 in The Hunted?

2. How much time passes between Acts 7 and 8 in Strange Interlude?

3. Where does Act 1 of The Hunted begin?

4. Who commits suicide in the ending of The Hunted?

5. What do Seth and the townspeople discuss in Act 1 of The Haunted?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Christine in Mourning Becomes Electra? What do she and Lavinia discuss when she first enters?

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

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

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

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

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

7. In Act 2 of The Hunted, Mourning Becomes Electra, what discussion takes place between Hazel, Peter, Orin, Christine, and Lavinia?

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

9. When Christine enters in Act 3 of The Hunted, Mourning Becomes Electra, what is her reaction? How does this change Orin's mind?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the plot arc of the play, Desire Under the Elms. Who is the protagonist of this play, and in what ways do the events revolve around this character? Define Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, and Resolution in your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Compare the themes of Desire Under the Elms to those of Strange Interlude. What themes exist in both plays? How do they differ thematically?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the use of symbolism and motif in Desire Under the Elms. What predominant motifs are described in the text? What themes do these symbolic images illuminate?

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