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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. How much time passes between Acts 7 and 8 in Strange Interlude?
(a) One year.
(b) Six years.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Two years.

2. Who accuses Lavinia of trying to separate her from Orin, in Act 1 of The Hunted?
(a) Brant.
(b) Christine.
(c) Hazel.
(d) Margaret.

3. Who is Nina jealous of in Act 8 of Strange Interlude?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Madeline.
(c) Mary.
(d) Elizabeth.

4. Where does Act 9 take place, in Strange Interlude?
(a) New York City.
(b) New Hampshire.
(c) California.
(d) Long Island.

5. Who is Lavinia's brother?
(a) Orin.
(b) Ezra.
(c) Brant.
(d) Seth.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long have Lavinia and Orin been away in Act 1 of The Haunted?

2. Who does Orin say he was outside looking for in Act 1 of The Haunted?

3. Where are Orin and Lavinia returning from in Act 1 of The Haunted?

4. How are the faces of the Mannon family described in Act 1 of Homecoming?

5. Where is Act 2 of Homecoming set?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who interrupts Gordon and Madeline in Act 9 of Strange Interlude? What are this character's thoughts about them?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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