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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Orin learn about Captain Brant?
(a) His grandfather.
(b) Christine's letters.
(c) Lavinia's letters.
(d) Meeting him New York.

2. Ezra tells Christine there is always ___________ between them.
(a) A daughter.
(b) An agreement.
(c) A great love.
(d) A wall.

3. What does the old gardener call Lavinia?
(a) Vinnie.
(b) The princess.
(c) Lala.
(d) Viv.

4. How old is Captain Brant?
(a) 25.
(b) 29.
(c) 36.
(d) 44.

5. Ezra is a highly regarded ___________ of the town.
(a) Elder.
(b) Shopkeeper.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Mayor.

6. Where is Christine when she comes upon Peter and Lavinia in the first scene of the play?
(a) Greenhouse.
(b) Town.
(c) Church.
(d) Her lover's.

7. What is Orin's military rank?
(a) Captain.
(b) Corporal.
(c) General.
(d) Lieutenant.

8. As he is dying, Christine tells Lavinia that Ezra is ____________.
(a) Hers.
(b) Gone.
(c) Dead.
(d) Sleeping.

9. Which of the following Greek dramas is NOT source material for Mourning Becomes Electra?
(a) The Orestia.
(b) Electra by Sophocles.
(c) Oedipus the King.
(d) Electra by Euripides.

10. How many days is it since Ezra's death at the beginning of the second play?
(a) Two.
(b) Ten.
(c) Seven.
(d) Five.

11. Who is waiting with Christine to see Orin return from the train station?
(a) Brant.
(b) Peter.
(c) Hazel.
(d) Seth.

12. How long are Ezra and Christine married?
(a) 30 years.
(b) 23 years.
(c) 16 years.
(d) 27 years.

13. Christine tells Brant that she loves him because he resembles to who?
(a) Ezra.
(b) Orin.
(c) Lavinia.
(d) Herself.

14. Who does Christine say she is visiting on her trips to New York?
(a) Captain Brant.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her mother.

15. Who does Peter hear rumors about Lavinia falling in love with?
(a) Amos.
(b) Seth.
(c) Captain Brant.
(d) Captain Brandon,

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Seth think is David Mannon's son?

2. What is the name of Captain Brant's mother?

3. What is the title of the second play?

4. What is the name of the main character speaking in the first scene of Homecoming?

5. What is Brant's mother's position in the Mannon household?

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