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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Play 3, Act 1, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Looking down on the action of Play Two, Act Two is a portrait of a soldier from ____________ army.
(a) Washington's.
(b) Lee's.
(c) Grant's.
(d) King George's.

2. Where does Ezra die?
(a) His bed.
(b) The front porch.
(c) Christine's arms.
(d) His study.

3. Who does Christine tell Orin that she is jealous of?
(a) Hazel.
(b) Ezra.
(c) Lavinia.
(d) Orin.

4. How does Christine kill herself?
(a) Poison.
(b) Brant's pistol.
(c) Drowning.
(d) Ezra's pistol.

5. What is the name of the man that Christine convinces Orin she meets in New York, rather than Brant?
(a) Mr. Lamar.
(b) Mr. Hamel.
(c) Mr. Jones.
(d) Mr. Long.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Hazel hoping Lavinia hears from in the first act of the play?

2. Where are Christine and Brant talking while Lavinia and Orin listen in?

3. Christine tells Hazel that life twists people's feeling for each other until they do what to each other?

4. What year is Mourning Becomes Electra taking place?

5. What does Lavinia force Orin to say doesn't exist at the beginning of the third play?

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