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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Christine tells Lavinia she believes the war is over when she hears what?
(a) Lincoln's address.
(b) Gun salute from the fort.
(c) Her husband's voice.
(d) News from the corner.

2. Where is Orin wounded in the war?
(a) His arm.
(b) His chest.
(c) His head.
(d) His leg.

3. Who does David Mannon marry?
(a) An English heiress.
(b) A French Canadian.
(c) A French maid.
(d) A New Yorker.

4. Who jokes that Ezra probably dies from making love to Christine?
(a) Everett Hills.
(b) Emma Borden.
(c) Josiah Borden.
(d) Dr. Blake.

5. What is the title of the second play?
(a) The Homecoming.
(b) The House.
(c) The Haunted.
(d) The Hunted.

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

7. What is the setting of Play One, Act Four?
(a) The Mannon sitting room.
(b) Ezra's study.
(c) Ezra's bedroom.
(d) Outside the Mannon house.

8. What year is Mourning Becomes Electra taking place?
(a) 1896.
(b) 1865.
(c) 1936.
(d) 1901.

9. Christine and Brant plot to make Ezra's death look like a ___________.
(a) Drowning.
(b) Heart attack.
(c) Suicide.
(d) Accident.

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

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

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

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

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

15. Who does Lavinia say that Captain Brant is using for revenge?
(a) Herself
(b) Orin.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Hazel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Orin wearing on his head when he returns from war?

2. How does Brant want to kill Ezra?

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

4. Who does Peter hear rumors about Lavinia falling in love with?

5. What is the name of Louisa Ames' cousin?

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