Mourning Becomes Electra Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Mourning Becomes Electra Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Captain Brant speaks to Lavinia at some length about his love of _______.
(a) Travel.
(b) Ships.
(c) War.
(d) New England.

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

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

4. What does Christine call Orin when she first sees him on the day he returns from the war?
(a) Her man.
(b) My baby.
(c) Lover.
(d) Pitiful.

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

6. What is Orin's military rank?
(a) Captain.
(b) Corporal.
(c) General.
(d) Lieutenant.

7. What does Christine go into her room to get when Ezra becomes ill?
(a) A candle.
(b) A pill box.
(c) A Bible.
(d) Her robe.

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

9. Christine convinces Brant to get a drug to help kill Ezra from where?
(a) Paris.
(b) New York.
(c) Boston.
(d) London.

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

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

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

13. Where is Christine when she comes upon Peter and Lavinia in the first scene of the play?
(a) Church.
(b) Town.
(c) Greenhouse.
(d) Her lover's.

14. Who does Peter hear rumors about Lavinia falling in love with?
(a) Amos.
(b) Seth.
(c) Captain Brandon,
(d) Captain Brant.

15. What is the name of the main character speaking in the first scene of Homecoming?
(a) Orin.
(b) Ezra.
(c) Abe.
(d) Seth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ezra tells Lavinia she always is what?

2. What is the name of Captain Brant's ship?

3. What does Captain Brant call all Mannons?

4. What is the setting of the first act of the second play?

5. Lavinia thinks of Peter as a _________.

(see the answer keys)

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