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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lavinia tells Seth in the first scene that Captain Brant is coming to the house that night to ___________.
(a) Drink with Seth.
(b) Meet her mother.
(c) Borrow her father's maps.
(d) Court her.

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

3. Who does Orin equate the war to?
(a) Christine.
(b) Lavinia.
(c) Ezra.
(d) Brant.

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

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

6. How does Orin learn about Captain Brant?
(a) Meeting him New York.
(b) Lavinia's letters.
(c) Christine's letters.
(d) His grandfather.

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

8. Ezra tells Lavinia she always is what?
(a) His joy.
(b) His duty.
(c) His burden.
(d) His little girl.

9. What does Lavinia accuse Christine of stealing from her?
(a) Love.
(b) Peter.
(c) Money.
(d) Brant.

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

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

12. Ezra is a highly regarded ___________ of the town.
(a) Elder.
(b) Mayor.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Shopkeeper.

13. What does Christine accuse Lavinia of at the end of the first act of the second play?
(a) Murder.
(b) Gossiping about her.
(c) Following her everywhere.
(d) Lying.

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

15. Where is Christine originally from?
(a) New Jersey.
(b) New York.
(c) Norfolk.
(d) Boston.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ezra tells Orin that his heart condition is what?

2. Which of the following Greek dramas is NOT source material for Mourning Becomes Electra?

3. What happens to Christine at the end of Play One, Act Four?

4. What does Christine tell Brant he does with her share of the Mannon estate?

5. What does the doctor call Ezra's heart condition?

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