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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. What new character is introduced in Act 8 of Strange Interlude?
(a) Madeline.
(b) Mary.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Elizabeth.

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

3. What is the setting of Act 3 in The Hunted?
(a) Ezra's study.
(b) Outside the Mannon house.
(c) The cemetery.
(d) The harbor.

4. Who does Christine say has become mentally unhinged in Act 2 of The Hunted?
(a) Hazel.
(b) Lavinia.
(c) Seth.
(d) Peter.

5. What kind of ailment does Ezra suffer from?
(a) A stroke.
(b) Paralysis.
(c) Heart condition.
(d) Epilepsy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Ezra had a premonition of in Act 4 of Homecoming?

2. Who enters with Lavinia and Peter in Act 1 of The Hunted?

3. Who is Christine anxious for Orin to marry in Act 1 of The Hunted?

4. Who is the first person who speaks in Act 1 of Homecoming?

5. Lavinia accuses who of getting the poison, in Act 3 of The Hunted?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Orin writing in Act 2 of The Haunted, Mourning Becomes Electra? What is Lavinia's reaction?

4. What exposition is taking place at the beginning of The Haunted, Mourning Becomes Electra? Who is present?

5. What do Peter, Hazel, and Lavinia discuss upon their arrival in Homecoming, Mourning Becomes Electra?

6. Describe Ezra's return in Mourning Becomes Electra.

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

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

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

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

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