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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. Where does Christine try to get Brant to go, in Act 4 of The Hunted?

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

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

4. Who does Nina say she'll marry in Act 9 of Strange Interlude?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare the characters of Ephraim and Eben in Desire Under the Elms. How are these men alike? How are they different? What actions does each commit through the play?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the actions and events which occur in The Hunted. Which play of the Oresteia is this play an adaptation of? How do the plot points differ than in Aeschylus' play?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the use of symbolism and motif in Desire Under the Elms. What predominant motifs are described in the text? What themes do these symbolic images illuminate?

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