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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Lavinia ask Brant about in Act 3 of Homecoming?
(a) His sister.
(b) His wife.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother.

2. Where is the Mannon family home located ?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) New England.
(c) New York City.
(d) France.

3. Where does Act 5 take place in The Hunted?
(a) The yacht.
(b) The wharf.
(c) Outside the Mannon house.
(d) Ezra's study.

4. Who is the patriarch of the Mannon family, who has been away at war, in Act 1 of Homecoming?
(a) Brant.
(b) Abel.
(c) Ezra.
(d) Orin.

5. Who enters to ask Orin to see the body, in Act 2 of The Hunted?
(a) Hazel.
(b) Christine.
(c) Lavinia.
(d) Peter.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Act 2 of The Hunted, Hazel and Peter discuss how ill someone is. Who is this person?

2. In what room of the house does Act 1 of The Haunted take place?

3. Who does Orin swear he will kill if Lavinia's suspicions are true in Act 1 of The Hunted?

4. What is the name of Brant's ship in Act 4 of The Hunted?

5. Who does Ezra say has gathered to wait for him, in Act 4 of Homecoming?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Christine in Mourning Becomes Electra? What do she and Lavinia discuss when she first enters?

2. In Act 2 of The Hunted, Mourning Becomes Electra, what discussion takes place between Hazel, Peter, Orin, Christine, and Lavinia?

3. In The Hunted, Mourning Becomes Electra, Act 3, what do Orin and Lavinia discuss in the study?

4. Describe the exposition which takes place at the beginning of Homecoming, Mourning Becomes Electra. Who is speaking, and what is discussed?

5. What is Nina jealous of in Act 8 of Strange Interlude? Who knows about this?

6. How does Lavinia's crying out to her father in The Hunted, Mourning Becomes Electra reflect similar scenes in the other two plays?

7. Describe the foreshadowing which takes place in Homecoming, Mourning Becomes Electra.

8. Why are the final lines of Act 1, Scene 1 of The Haunted, Mourning Becomes Electra ironic?

9. Describe the scene in Ezra's bedroom when he dies in Mourning Becomes Electra.

10. What are Orin's and Christine's reactions upon first seeing each other in The Hunted, Mourning Becomes Electra?

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