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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Play 2, Act 1, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What song is being sung as the play opens?
(a) Dixie.
(b) Amazing Grace.
(c) Shenandoah.
(d) Swing low.

2. How many years is Seth with the Mannon family?
(a) 25.
(b) 60.
(c) 50.
(d) 10.

3. What does Ezra tell Christine that house and his bed are waiting for?
(a) Daybreak.
(b) His death.
(c) Nightfall.
(d) Her love.

4. Captain Brant says Lavinia looks exactly like who?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her grandfather.
(c) His mother.
(d) Her father.

5. Peter thinks Captain Brant looks more like a ___________ than a ship captain.
(a) Fool.
(b) Gardener.
(c) Peddler.
(d) Poet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following Greek dramas is NOT source material for Mourning Becomes Electra?

2. Orin teases Lavinia when he returns from the war that she is still _____________.

3. What does Ezra beg Christine to give him as he is dying?

4. What is the name of the main character speaking in the first scene of Homecoming?

5. Who does Seth want to tell Lavinia about when he sees her in the first scene of Homecoming?

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