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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Play 1, Act 3,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lavinia tells Seth in the first scene that Captain Brant is coming to the house that night to ___________.
(a) Meet her mother.
(b) Drink with Seth.
(c) Court her.
(d) Borrow her father's maps.

2. What does Lavinia accuse Christine of stealing from her?
(a) Peter.
(b) Money.
(c) Love.
(d) Brant.

3. Which of the following Greek dramas is NOT source material for Mourning Becomes Electra?
(a) The Orestia.
(b) Electra by Sophocles.
(c) Oedipus the King.
(d) Electra by Euripides.

4. Where is the Mannon house located?
(a) New England.
(b) New York.
(c) North Carolina.
(d) New Jersey.

5. Who is drunk in the third act of the first play?
(a) Ezra.
(b) Seth.
(c) Brant.
(d) Christine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Captain Brant call all Mannons?

2. What are both Christine and Lavinia wearing in the first scene of Homecoming?

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

4. What year is Mourning Becomes Electra taking place?

5. According to Seth, who throws David Mannon out of the house?

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