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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. Peter thinks Captain Brant looks more like a ___________ than a ship captain.

2. Who does Christine compare the Mannon house to?

3. What does Christine call Orin when she first sees him on the day he returns from the war?

4. What does Captain Brant call all Mannons?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Mrs. Hills attribute Ezra's sudden death to?

3. What plans do Christine and Brant make when she comes to see him on his ship?

4. What news does Peter share with Lavinia in Act One, Scene One of Homecoming?

5. Who is Lavinia Mannon?

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

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

9. What do Seth and the other men dare Abner Small to do at the beginning of the third play?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What statement about the nature of war and the way it changes a person does O'Neill make through this play?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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