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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Orin tell Christine they can go now that Brant is dead?

2. What does Lavinia wish Orin has the courage to do at the beginning of Play Three, Act Three?

3. Seth tells Hazel he lets Abner Small in the house to stop the __________.

4. How many letters does Orin receive from Christine in the last six months of the war?

5. Seth tells Peter and Hazel that the Mannon house is built with what?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how O'Neill makes the key thematic point through Mourning Becomes Electra that humanity doesn't change much in two thousand years.

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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