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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Brant and Christine plan to sail to on the ship Atlantis?
(a) Australia.
(b) Japan.
(c) China.
(d) South Seas.

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

3. What does Lavinia force Orin to say doesn't exist at the beginning of the third play?
(a) Ghosts.
(b) Past.
(c) Christine.
(d) Love.

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

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

6. What does Lavinia show Orin as proof that Christine is a murderer?
(a) A love letter from Brant.
(b) Christine's signed confession.
(c) The pillbox.
(d) The gun.

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

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

9. How long is it before Brant's ship is due to sail from Boston again?
(a) One month.
(b) Six months.
(c) Two days.
(d) One week.

10. Who does Christine tell Orin that she is jealous of?
(a) Lavinia.
(b) Ezra.
(c) Orin.
(d) Hazel.

11. Who does Christine call out to protect Adam Brant at the end of Play Two, Act Three?
(a) Orin.
(b) Ezra.
(c) David.
(d) Lavinia.

12. What does Christine tell Orin that Captain Brant is after?
(a) Lavinia's heart.
(b) Ezra's money.
(c) Christine's heart.
(d) Sex.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Orin call Lavinia in Act Two of Play Three?

2. What does Orin tell Lavinia he is doing, locked in the dark study by himself in the third play?

3. Where are Christine and Brant talking while Lavinia and Orin listen in?

4. Lavinia threatens to do what if Orin doesn't listen to what she has to say about Christine and their father's death?

5. Brant says the sea hates what?

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