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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. Christine and Brant plot to make Ezra's death look like a ___________.
(a) Suicide.
(b) Drowning.
(c) Heart attack.
(d) Accident.

2. Where does Ezra die?
(a) His study.
(b) His bed.
(c) The front porch.
(d) Christine's arms.

3. Who jokes that Ezra probably dies from making love to Christine?
(a) Emma Borden.
(b) Everett Hills.
(c) Dr. Blake.
(d) Josiah Borden.

4. Orin teases Lavinia when he returns from the war that she is still _____________.
(a) Annoying.
(b) Short.
(c) Bossy.
(d) Ugly.

5. Who does Lavinia vow to punish at the end of the first play?
(a) Brant.
(b) Abe.
(c) Ezra.
(d) Christine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the lover that Christine says Lavinia is waiting for in Play One, Act Three?

2. Who is drunk in the third act of the first play?

3. What is the setting of the Act Three of Homecoming?

4. What does Captain Brant call all Mannons?

5. Christine tells Hazel that life twists people's feeling for each other until they do what to each other?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Peter react to seeing Lavinia when she returns from her trip to the East?

2. Who is eavesdropping on Christine and Brant's conversation on his ship?

3. How does Ezra tell Christine he is feeling the morning after he returns from the war?

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

5. How does Captain Brant die?

6. According to Mrs. Borden, how is Lavinia handling her father's death?

7. How does Lavinia begin to change Orin's mind about their mother's innocence?

8. Why is Orin suspicious of his mother's fondness for Hazel?

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

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

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