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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Orin suffering from after the war, in Act 3 of Homecoming?

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

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

4. How much time has passed between Acts 2 and 3 in Homecoming?

5. Who does Christine say has become mentally unhinged in Act 2 of The Hunted?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. When Christine enters in Act 3 of The Hunted, Mourning Becomes Electra, what is her reaction? How does this change Orin's mind?

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

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

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

8. How is Orin described as in The Hunted, Mourning Becomes Electra? What does he speak of when he arrives?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare the themes of Desire Under the Elms to those of Strange Interlude. What themes exist in both plays? How do they differ thematically?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how the setting of each of the three plays affects the action and the characters. How are the settings different in the plays? What correlates to each? Discuss era and historical period in your answer as well as location.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of "relinquishing the ghosts of the past" in Desire Under the Elms. What is symbolically representative of the theme in the play?

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