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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. For whom does Lavinia harbor a secret admiration?

2. Who has died in Act 9 of Strange Interlude?

3. Whose grief do the townspeople discuss in Act 1 of The Hunted?

4. Who does Gordon feel was indifferent about his father's illness in Strange Interlude?

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Describe the exposition which takes place at the beginning of Homecoming, Mourning Becomes Electra. Who is speaking, and what is discussed?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the style and use of soliloquy in Strange Interlude. How is this play stylistically different than the others in the collection?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss the theme of revenge as it applies to all three plays in the collection. How is revenge represented differently in each play? How is it one of the cohesive themes which bind the plays?

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