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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Orin teases Lavinia when he returns from the war that she is still _____________.
(a) Bossy.
(b) Short.
(c) Ugly.
(d) Annoying.

2. What does Christine tell Brant he does with her share of the Mannon estate?
(a) Buy a ship.
(b) Marry her.
(c) Become mayor.
(d) Buy an island.

3. Ezra tells Christine there is always ___________ between them.
(a) A great love.
(b) A wall.
(c) A daughter.
(d) An agreement.

4. Who does Seth think is David Mannon's son?
(a) Peter Niles.
(b) Orin Mannon.
(c) Adam Brant.
(d) Amos Ames.

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

6. What does Captain Brant call all Mannons?
(a) Cowards.
(b) Saviors.
(c) Saints.
(d) Murderers.

7. Lavinia always reminds her mother of what?
(a) Her honeymoon.
(b) Her lost youth.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her father.

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

9. What does the Mannon house remind Orin of when he sees it for the first time after the war?
(a) Peace.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Death.
(d) Evil.

10. Who goes to the train station with Lavinia to meet Orin?
(a) Peter.
(b) Christine.
(c) Seth.
(d) Hazel.

11. How many days is it since Ezra's death at the beginning of the second play?
(a) Two.
(b) Ten.
(c) Five.
(d) Seven.

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

13. What is the name of Captain Brant's ship?
(a) Garden of Paradise.
(b) Trade Winds.
(c) Paradise Found.
(d) Flying Trades.

14. Captain Brant tells Lavinia that the color of her hair reminds him of whom?
(a) Her father.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother.

15. Orin tells Lavinia that Ezra and the war teaches him what?
(a) To love Christine.
(b) To be brave.
(c) To runaway.
(d) To ignore death.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Lavinia tells Peter she can't marry him because _________ needs her.

3. Who does Lavinia vow to punish at the end of the first play?

4. Where does Ezra die?

5. Who is drunk in the third act of the first play?

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