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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 does Act 1 of The Haunted take place?

3. Who does Christine go to warn at the end of Act 2 of The Hunted?

4. Where is Act 2 of Homecoming set?

5. How much time passes between Acts 7 and 8 in Strange Interlude?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Act 2 of The Hunted, Mourning Becomes Electra, what discussion takes place between Hazel, Peter, Orin, Christine, and Lavinia?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the ending of The Haunted and how this ending reflects an ending of both the play individually as well as the trilogy as a whole. How is the trilogy structured? What is the resolution?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of "Interlude" in the play, Strange Interlude. What does this theme and title phrase refer to? How is it manifested in Nina?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the plot arc of the play, Desire Under the Elms. Who is the protagonist of this play, and in what ways do the events revolve around this character? Define Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, and Resolution in your answer.

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