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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lavinia wish Orin has the courage to do at the beginning of Play Three, Act Three?
(a) Forget Christine.
(b) Kill himself.
(c) Leave the house.
(d) Marry Hazel.

2. Seth tells Hazel he lets Abner Small in the house to stop the __________.
(a) Gossip.
(b) Ghosts.
(c) Rats.
(d) Voices.

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

4. What does Orin tell Christine is the difference in her appearance when he returns home?
(a) Gray hair.
(b) Wrinkles.
(c) Older looking.
(d) More beautiful.

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

6. What song is the chantyman singing at the beginning of Play Two, Act Four?
(a) Moon River.
(b) Swing Low.
(c) Amazing Grace.
(d) Shenandoah.

7. How does Christine kill herself?
(a) Ezra's pistol.
(b) Poison.
(c) Brant's pistol.
(d) Drowning.

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

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

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

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

12. Why does Brant have a pistol out as he tells the drunk shantyman on the wharf to show himself?
(a) There are robberies in port.
(b) He is afraid of Orin.
(c) He thinks it's a ghost.
(d) There are mutiny on his ship.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Christine tell Orin that she is jealous of?

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

3. What does Orin muse helps women to understand the brutality of war?

4. What is the name of the man that Christine convinces Orin she meets in New York, rather than Brant?

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

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