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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Orin tells his dead father that now that Ezra is gone, they can be what?
(a) Brothers.
(b) Done.
(c) Enemies.
(d) Friends.

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

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

4. The stage directions describe Ezra's dead face as looking like __________.
(a) A monster.
(b) Orin's.
(c) A statue.
(d) Abe's.

5. Brant says the sea hates what?
(a) A coward.
(b) A murderer.
(c) A liar.
(d) A lover.

6. What does Orin give to Hazel for safe keeping?
(a) His watch.
(b) His manuscript.
(c) Ezra's medals.
(d) Christine's ring.

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

8. What does Orin call Lavinia in Act Two of Play Three?
(a) Beloved.
(b) Witch.
(c) Lover.
(d) Whore.

9. What is the last word that Christine says before killing herself?
(a) Ezra.
(b) Death.
(c) Live.
(d) Adam.

10. Where does Peter have to go in the third act of Play Three?
(a) Market.
(b) Doctor's office.
(c) Council meeting.
(d) Bank.

11. Orin tells a shocked Lavinia that she must learn to _________ death.
(a) Love.
(b) Embrace.
(c) Ignore.
(d) Mock.

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

13. Who does Orin think is waiting for him in the study, when he returns from his long trip with Lavinia?
(a) Brant.
(b) Hazel.
(c) Ezra.
(d) Christine.

14. What does Lavinia have to promise to do in order for Orin not to confess all they do?
(a) To leave the house.
(b) To bless his marriage to Hazel.
(c) To marry Peter.
(d) Anything he wants.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Brant have a pistol out as he tells the drunk shantyman on the wharf to show himself?

2. What is Orin carrying, when he and Lavinia return to the house in Act Five of the second play?

3. Christine tells Hazel that she no longer believes in what?

4. What song is the chantyman singing at the beginning of Play Two, Act Four?

5. Where does Orin kill Brant?

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