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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Orin carrying, when he and Lavinia return to the house in Act Five of the second play?

2. What is the name of the cousins Lavinia and Orin are supposed to be visiting?

3. How does Orin kill himself?

4. What is the name of the ship officer that Orin accuses Lavinia of wanting on their trip East?

5. Orin tells Lavinia in the third act of Play Two that he never forgets what?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how Mourning Becomes Electra highlights the power and strength of woman versus men. Is this a positive or negative message? What are the implications of this theme considering when this play is written?

Essay Topic 2

What kind of demands on the audience does Mourning Becomes Electra make? Discuss the structure, length and emotional weight of the play.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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