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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the doctor call Ezra's heart condition?
(a) Bad luck.
(b) Acute.
(c) Angina.
(d) Palpatations.

2. What color dress is Lavinia wearing the night her father returns?
(a) Black.
(b) Blue.
(c) Red.
(d) Green.

3. What does Christine hide behind her back as Ezra is dying?
(a) A pillbox.
(b) A letter.
(c) A gun.
(d) A knife.

4. Who does Orin resemble as he walks up the driveway as he returns from the war?
(a) Abe.
(b) David.
(c) Christine.
(d) Ezra.

5. Who does Seth think is David Mannon's son?
(a) Adam Brant.
(b) Orin Mannon.
(c) Peter Niles.
(d) Amos Ames.

Short Answer Questions

1. As he is dying, Christine tells Lavinia that Ezra is ____________.

2. Where is Christine originally from?

3. Ezra is a highly regarded ___________ of the town.

4. What is the name of Captain Brant's ship?

5. How many years is Seth with the Mannon family?

Short Essay Questions

1. What plans do Christine and Brant make when she comes to see him on his ship?

2. What does Christine tell Lavinia is the reason they never get along?

3. Who is Lavinia Mannon?

4. How does Ezra describe Orin's condition to Christine when he returns from the war?

5. How does the conversation between Seth and the townspeople in the first scene of the play hint at secrets in the Mannon family?

6. How does Orin tell Lavinia he is actually wounded in the war?

7. How does Christine plan to kill Ezra with the help of Captain Brant?

8. What causes Ezra to have a heart attack the morning after he returns from the war?

9. What is Christine's reaction when Lavinia tells her the war is over soon?

10. How does O'Neill show a clear contrast between Christine and Hazel in Play Two, Act Five?

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