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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. Who does Orin equate the war to?

2. Which of the following Greek dramas is NOT source material for Mourning Becomes Electra?

3. What does Christine go into her room to get when Ezra becomes ill?

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

5. According to Seth, who throws David Mannon out of the house?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Orin describe his and Lavinia's experience on the Island?

3. How does Lavinia react when Seth tells her that Adam Brant might be a Mannon?

4. Who is David Mannon?

5. Why is Orin surprised by Christine's obvious grief over Brant's death?

6. What significant information does Captain Brant learn from the drunken sailor near his ship?

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

8. How does Orin die?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the symbolic significance of each of the following: The Mannon house; the song "Shenandoah"; the family resemblances and the islands.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the use throughout the play of the literary components of foreshadowing, irony and metaphor.

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