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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Orin angrily tells Lavinia, in the last play, that they have no right to what?
(a) Futures.
(b) Love.
(c) Justice.
(d) Life.

2. Christine tells Hazel that she no longer believes in what?
(a) Future.
(b) Love.
(c) Heaven.
(d) Evil.

3. What does Brant give up to runaway with Christine?
(a) His dignity.
(b) His family.
(c) His fortune.
(d) His ship.

4. Who is Lavinia calling away to help in Play Three, Act Three?
(a) The cook.
(b) Seth.
(c) Peter.
(d) The doctor.

5. Who is Orin speaking to in the beginning of Play Three, Act Two?
(a) Ezra's portrait.
(b) Himself.
(c) Christine's ghost.
(d) Lavinia.

6. What is the setting of the second act of Play Two?
(a) Ezra's study.
(b) The front of the Mannon house.
(c) The Mannon sitting-room.
(d) The wharf.

7. Whose house does Ira Mackel say is haunted?
(a) Amos Ames.
(b) Asa Nims.
(c) Abner Small.
(d) Everett Hills.

8. What color dress is Lavinia wearing in the first act of Play Three?
(a) Red.
(b) Black.
(c) Blue.
(d) Green.

9. What does Seth bet Abner to stay the night in the Mannon house?
(a) Ten dollars and a jug of liquor.
(b) The town.
(c) A jug of rum.
(d) A million dollars.

10. Who does Abner Small say haunts the Mannon house?
(a) Ezra.
(b) David.
(c) Abe.
(d) Christine.

11. Where do Orin and Lavinia go instead of visiting their cousins?
(a) New York.
(b) Portsmouth.
(c) The islands.
(d) Boston.

12. Orin tells his mother that he feels the presence of __________ in the house.
(a) Evil.
(b) Ezra.
(c) Abe.
(d) Love.

13. How much time passes by the beginning of the third play?
(a) Two days.
(b) Three days.
(c) One month.
(d) One year.

14. What is Orin and Christine's secret password from Orin's childhood?
(a) No Lavinia's Allowed.
(b) No Mannon's Allowed.
(c) Shenandoah.
(d) Baby boy.

15. Christine tells Orin that Lavinia becomes _________ since he is gone.
(a) Softer.
(b) Controlling.
(c) Wiser.
(d) Insane.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lavinia tells Orin that Ezra says Orin does one of the _________ things he sees in the war.

2. How much time passes between Acts One and Two of Play Three?

3. How does Christine kill herself?

4. What does Orin tell Christine is the difference in her appearance when he returns home?

5. What does Brant learn from the drunk shantyman on the wharf?

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