Mourning Becomes Electra Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 103 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Mourning Becomes Electra Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 103 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Lavinia calling away to help in Play Three, Act Three?

2. Lavinia tells Orin that their mother's suicide is an act of what?

3. What song is the chantyman singing at the beginning of Play Two, Act Four?

4. What does Lavinia have to promise to do in order for Orin not to confess all they do?

5. How much time passes by the beginning of the third play?

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

Elements of both the laws of man and nature are distorted and broken in this play. Discuss the symbolic and thematic implications of incest, murder and revenge in Mourning Becomes Electra.

Essay Topic 3

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

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