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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lavinia tells Christine that killing Brant is what?
(a) Mercy.
(b) Revenge.
(c) Justice.
(d) Murder.

2. Lavinia threatens to do what if Orin doesn't listen to what she has to say about Christine and their father's death?
(a) Go to Brant.
(b) Kill herself.
(c) Kill Christine.
(d) Go to the police.

3. Lavinia tells Orin that their mother's suicide is an act of what?
(a) Selfishness.
(b) Justice.
(c) Love.
(d) Pride.

4. How much time passes between Acts One and Two of Play Three?
(a) One year.
(b) Two days.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) One month.

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

6. What do Lavinia and Orin do after Brant is shot?
(a) Throw his body in the sea.
(b) Frame the shantyman.
(c) Call the police.
(d) Make it look like a robbery.

7. Seth tells Peter and Hazel he doesn't stay the night in the Mannon house if they give him what?
(a) The house.
(b) A beautiful woman.
(c) The town.
(d) A million dollars.

8. Orin says killing Brant is almost like ___________.
(a) Finding freedom.
(b) Committing suicide.
(c) Killing his father.
(d) Making love.

9. Lavinia tells the portraits in the sitting room, in the last play, that she does her ______ to them.
(a) Best.
(b) Worst.
(c) Duty.
(d) Justice.

10. What does Hazel give to Orin to help make him comfortable, as he settles into being back home?
(a) Flowers.
(b) A clean bandage for his head.
(c) Sleeping pills.
(d) A pillow for his back.

11. Who brings Hazel a note from Christine, asking her to come to the Mannon house?
(a) Seth.
(b) Orin.
(c) Hannah.
(d) Annie.

12. Where are Christine and Brant talking while Lavinia and Orin listen in?
(a) The deck.
(b) Brant's cabin.
(c) The warehouse.
(d) The wharf.

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

14. What does Orin tell Lavinia he is doing, locked in the dark study by himself in the third play?
(a) Reading law books.
(b) Communing with ghosts.
(c) Writing a confession.
(d) Writing her a love poem.

15. How many letters does Orin receive from Christine in the last six months of the war?
(a) Ten.
(b) One.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Orin and Christine's secret password from Orin's childhood?

2. What is the name of the islander that Orin taunts Christine about?

3. Who does Lavinia tell Orin forgets them at the end of the first scene in Play Three, Act One?

4. Looking down on the action of Play Two, Act Two is a portrait of a soldier from ____________ army.

5. What does Orin tell Lavinia killing in the war is like?

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