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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. What is Orin wearing on his head when he returns from war?
2. Who is the lover that Christine says Lavinia is waiting for in Play One, Act Three?
3. Who does Mrs. Borden say she can't abide?
4. Who does Seth want to tell Lavinia about when he sees her in the first scene of Homecoming?
5. Ezra tells Christine he can't talk to her with her ______________.
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is Christine able to bond with Orin and not Lavinia?
2. Why does Lavinia refuse Peter's marriage proposal in the first act of the play?
3. Describe Ezra's death scene.
4. What significant information does Captain Brant learn from the drunken sailor near his ship?
5. What do Seth and the other men dare Abner Small to do at the beginning of the third play?
6. Why is Orin surprised by Christine's obvious grief over Brant's death?
7. What is Lavinia's fate?
8. How does Lavinia react when Seth tells her that Adam Brant might be a Mannon?
9. What does Orin tell Lavinia he dreams about during the war?
10. How does Orin describe his and Lavinia's experience on the Island?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss how the setting and stage direction in Mourning Becomes Electra are as significant to the plot as the characters, giving five specific examples.
Essay Topic 2
How do Orin and Lavinia begin to resemble their parents, not only in appearance, but in the very words they speak by the end of the play? What are the thematic implications of this metamorphosis?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss each of the following themes and how they resonate throughout the play: family duty; sins of the fathers; and the dark side of love.
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