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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. The stage directions describe Ezra's dead face as looking like __________.
(a) A monster.
(b) Orin's.
(c) A statue.
(d) Abe's.

2. What year is the first production of Mourning Becomes Electra?
(a) 1932.
(b) 1936.
(c) 1937.
(d) 1931.

3. What is Amos Ames' trade?
(a) Preacher.
(b) Blacksmith.
(c) Carpenter.
(d) Sailor.

4. What does Lavinia show Orin as proof that Christine is a murderer?
(a) Christine's signed confession.
(b) The pillbox.
(c) A love letter from Brant.
(d) The gun.

5. According to Seth, who throws David Mannon out of the house?
(a) Ezra.
(b) Amos.
(c) Christine.
(d) Abe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Captain Brant tell Lavinia happens to his father?

2. Who is waiting with Christine to see Orin return from the train station?

3. What does Christine call Orin when she first sees him on the day he returns from the war?

4. Seth tells Hazel he lets Abner Small in the house to stop the __________.

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

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