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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lavinia writes her father a letter about whom?

2. What is the title of the second play?

3. What does Lavinia tell Peter she hates in the first scene of the play?

4. How old is Captain Brant?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Orin's tone as he talks to his dead father in Play Two, Act Three?

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

4. Describe the Mannon mansion in the opening scene of the play.

5. What does Orin say about the Mannon house when he first sees it, after returning from the war?

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

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

8. What does Orin tell Hazel to do with the envelope he gives her in Play Three, Act Three?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how O'Neill makes the key thematic point through Mourning Becomes Electra that humanity doesn't change much in two thousand years.

Essay Topic 2

What statement does Mourning Becomes Electra make on the nature and power of guilt?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the characters of Peter and Hazel to Orin and Lavinia. What does the start differences in these character types illustrate in the play?

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