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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who are the members of the "chorus" in the first scene of the play?
(a) Townspeople.
(b) Hobos.
(c) Greek goddesses.
(d) Soldiers.

3. Christine tells Hazel that life twists people's feeling for each other until they do what to each other?
(a) Hate.
(b) Poison.
(c) Need.
(d) Love.

4. Lavinia tells Peter she can't marry him because _________ needs her.
(a) Seth.
(b) Ezra.
(c) Orin.
(d) Christine.

5. Who is Hazel hoping Lavinia hears from in the first act of the play?
(a) Captain Niles.
(b) Ezra.
(c) Captain Brant.
(d) Orin.

6. How does Brant want to kill Ezra?
(a) Poison.
(b) In battle.
(c) Stabbing.
(d) Duel.

7. What are both Christine and Lavinia wearing in the first scene of Homecoming?
(a) Arm bands.
(b) Aprons.
(c) Masks.
(d) Crowns.

8. What does Captain Brant tell Lavinia happens to his father?
(a) Dies of a broken heart.
(b) Dies in a duel.
(c) Dies in battle.
(d) Commits suicide.

9. How old is Captain Brant?
(a) 36.
(b) 25.
(c) 44.
(d) 29.

10. Ezra Mannon is dressed like a __________ in the portrait that hangs in his study.
(a) A judge.
(b) A sailor.
(c) A Greek god.
(d) A soldier.

11. What does the doctor call Ezra's heart condition?
(a) Angina.
(b) Bad luck.
(c) Acute.
(d) Palpatations.

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

13. What do Christine and Brant hear at the end of Act Two of Homecoming?
(a) Ezra's voice.
(b) Thunder.
(c) The cannon at the fort.
(d) Lavinia's voice.

14. Ezra tells Christine he can't talk to her with her ______________.
(a) Clothes on.
(b) Eyes open.
(c) Eyes closed.
(d) Clothes off.

15. Who does Orin resemble as he walks up the driveway as he returns from the war?
(a) Christine.
(b) Abe.
(c) Ezra.
(d) David.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the setting of Play One, Act Four?

2. What does Mrs. Hills say kills Ezra?

3. Who does Orin equate the war to?

4. What does Christine accuse Lavinia of at the end of the first act of the second play?

5. What is the setting of the Act Three of Homecoming?

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