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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. Who is Christine's lover, in Homecoming?

2. In Act 2 of The Hunted, Hazel and Peter discuss how ill someone is. Who is this person?

3. What war has the Mannon patriarch been fighting, in Act 1 of Homecoming?

4. Who does Gordon feel that Nina truly loved?

5. Lavinia's statement at the end of Act 1 Scene 1 of The Haunted, that the past is the past, is an example of what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Describe the scene in Ezra's bedroom when he dies in Mourning Becomes Electra.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the objectives and actions of the character of Darrell in Strange Interlude. What about this character is noble? What are his negative qualities and actions? What does he want?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the plot of Homecoming and how it relates to Agamemnon of the Oresteia. Which characters are reflected in each play? How are the actions similar? How does the plot deviate?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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