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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 Gordon feel was indifferent about his father's illness in Strange Interlude?
(a) Nina.
(b) Darrell.
(c) Madeline.
(d) Marsden.

2. How are the faces of the Mannon family described in Act 1 of Homecoming?
(a) Soft.
(b) Mask-like.
(c) Joyful.
(d) Vicious.

3. What is Orin suffering from after the war, in Act 3 of Homecoming?
(a) Asthma.
(b) Heart problems.
(c) Brain fever.
(d) A stroke.

4. Where are Orin and Lavinia returning from in Act 1 of The Haunted?
(a) In New York.
(b) In Canada.
(c) Overseas.
(d) In Mexico.

5. A drunken sailor gives Brant the news of what, in Act 4 of The Hunted?
(a) Christine's death.
(b) Ezra's death.
(c) Lavinia's death.
(d) Orin's death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the setting of Act 3 in The Hunted?

2. Where does Act 1 of The Hunted begin?

3. Who commits suicide in the ending of The Hunted?

4. For whom does Lavinia harbor a secret admiration?

5. Where does Act 8 take place in Strange Interlude?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who does Darrell talk about in Act 8 of Strange Interlude? Why does this upset Nina?

4. What does Lavinia ask Brant in Act 3 of Homecoming, Mourning Becomes Electra? What takes place during this discussion?

5. How does the theme of justice in The Haunted, Mourning Becomes Electra relate to the same theme in The Oresteia?

6. What is significant about Orin's comment of Brant's face in The Hunted, Mourning Becomes Electra, Act 5?

7. Where is Act Two set in Homecoming, Mourning Becomes Electra? What discussion takes place between Lavinia and Christine here?

8. Discuss the characters of Hazel and Peter in the trilogy of Mourning Becomes Electra. What is their role, symbolically?

9. What does Nina think about doing in the end of Act 9 in Strange Interlude? What are her feelings?

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

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