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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Orin call Lavinia in Act Two of Play Three?

2. How does Christine kill herself?

3. What is the last word that Christine says before killing herself?

4. Orin tells Lavinia, in the last play, that he is drawn to Hazel's what?

5. Brant says the sea hates what?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the thematic points of fate versus free will shown throughout Mourning Becomes Electra.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how O'Neill uses the classical Greek tragedies The Oresteia by Aeschylus, Electra by Sophocles, and Electra by Euripides. What components of the plots are used in Mourning Becomes Electra?

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