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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Orin and Lavinia go instead of visiting their cousins?

2. How much time passes between Acts One and Two of Play Three?

3. What does Christine tell Orin that Captain Brant is after?

4. What is the setting of the second act of Play Two?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the character of Lavinia and O'Neill's interpretation of her as Electra. How does her character drive both the plot and themes of the play? What is the meaning behind the title of the play?

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

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

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