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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. How long are Ezra and Christine married?
(a) 27 years.
(b) 30 years.
(c) 23 years.
(d) 16 years.
2. How many days is it since Ezra's death at the beginning of the second play?
(a) Five.
(b) Seven.
(c) Two.
(d) Ten.
3. Lavinia tells Seth in the first scene that Captain Brant is coming to the house that night to ___________.
(a) Drink with Seth.
(b) Meet her mother.
(c) Court her.
(d) Borrow her father's maps.
4. Ezra tells Lavinia she always is what?
(a) His joy.
(b) His little girl.
(c) His burden.
(d) His duty.
5. What does Christine tell Brant he does with her share of the Mannon estate?
(a) Become mayor.
(b) Buy an island.
(c) Marry her.
(d) Buy a ship.
Short Answer Questions
1. Christine tells Lavinia she believes the war is over when she hears what?
2. Which of the following Greek dramas is NOT source material for Mourning Becomes Electra?
3. Orin teases Lavinia when he returns from the war that she is still _____________.
4. Lavinia writes her father a letter about whom?
5. What does Captain Brant call all Mannons?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is remarkable about Lavinia's appearance in the third play?
2. What does Christine tell Lavinia is the reason they never get along?
3. Describe the Mannon mansion in the opening scene of the play.
4. What is Lavinia's fate?
5. What condition is Orin in at the beginning of the third play?
6. What is significant about Play One, Act Two taking place under the watchful eye of Ezra's portrait?
7. What significant information does Captain Brant learn from the drunken sailor near his ship?
8. What causes Lavinia to think Christine has something to do with Ezra's death?
9. Why does Christine compare the Mannon house to Abe Mannon?
10. How does Orin describe his and Lavinia's experience on the Island?
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