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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 Christine tell Brant he does with her share of the Mannon estate?
(a) Buy an island.
(b) Buy a ship.
(c) Become mayor.
(d) Marry her.

2. What song is being sung as the play opens?
(a) Dixie.
(b) Amazing Grace.
(c) Swing low.
(d) Shenandoah.

3. Ezra Mannon is dressed like a __________ in the portrait that hangs in his study.
(a) A judge.
(b) A Greek god.
(c) A soldier.
(d) A sailor.

4. What year is the first production of Mourning Becomes Electra?
(a) 1932.
(b) 1931.
(c) 1936.
(d) 1937.

5. What does Christine call Orin when she first sees him on the day he returns from the war?
(a) Lover.
(b) My baby.
(c) Pitiful.
(d) Her man.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Lavinia tell Seth she is at the beginning of Part Two in the first scene of Homecoming?

2. Ezra tells Lavinia she always is what?

3. What is the title of the second play?

4. What does Captain Brant tell Lavinia happens to his father?

5. What does Lavinia accuse Christine of stealing from her?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Christine able to bond with Orin and not Lavinia?

2. Why does Captain Brant tell Lavinia about the islands he goes to?

3. What about Christine surprises Mrs. Borden and Mrs. Hills?

4. What does Orin say about the war that shocks Christine, Hazel and Peter?

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

6. What does Seth tell Lavinia about the French-Canadian nurse that he believes is Brant's mother?

7. What does Hazel say about the Mannon house as she and Peter prepare it for Lavinia and Orin's return from the islands?

8. What does Christine say when Orin confronts her about Captain Brant, the day he returns from the war?

9. Who is David Mannon?

10. How do Orin and Lavinia come to be just like their parents?

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