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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Lavinia send to get Doctor Blake, after Christine kills herself?

2. What does Orin muse helps women to understand the brutality of war?

3. Orin tells Christine about a book he reads during the war that tells him all about what?

4. Christine tells Orin that Lavinia becomes _________ since he is gone.

5. Who does Lavinia tell Orin forgets them at the end of the first scene in Play Three, Act One?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

The idea of a family curse is surfaced throughout the play. Discuss the importance of this theme in the Greek originals and O'Neills modern interpretation of this classical idea.

Essay Topic 3

Why does Lavinia call the Mannon house the Temple of Hate and Death? What role does religion play in the plot, and most specifically, in the Mannon name itself?

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