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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Peter thinks Captain Brant looks more like a ___________ than a ship captain.
(a) Gardener.
(b) Poet.
(c) Peddler.
(d) Fool.

3. Christine convinces Brant to get a drug to help kill Ezra from where?
(a) Paris.
(b) London.
(c) New York.
(d) Boston.

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

5. Who goes to the train station with Lavinia to meet Orin?
(a) Peter.
(b) Christine.
(c) Hazel.
(d) Seth.

6. How does Brant want to kill Ezra?
(a) Duel.
(b) Stabbing.
(c) Poison.
(d) In battle.

7. How many years is Seth with the Mannon family?
(a) 50.
(b) 10.
(c) 25.
(d) 60.

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

9. What year is Mourning Becomes Electra taking place?
(a) 1896.
(b) 1901.
(c) 1936.
(d) 1865.

10. What color dress is Christine wearing in Act Three of the first play?
(a) Red.
(b) Blue.
(c) Green.
(d) Black.

11. Orin tells Lavinia that Ezra and the war teaches him what?
(a) To ignore death.
(b) To love Christine.
(c) To be brave.
(d) To runaway.

12. Lavinia tells Peter she can't marry him because _________ needs her.
(a) Ezra.
(b) Seth.
(c) Orin.
(d) Christine.

13. What happens to Christine at the end of Play One, Act Four?
(a) She is triumphant.
(b) She runs away.
(c) She faints.
(d) She dies.

14. According to Seth, who throws David Mannon out of the house?
(a) Abe.
(b) Ezra.
(c) Amos.
(d) Christine.

15. Orin teases Lavinia when he returns from the war that she is still _____________.
(a) Short.
(b) Bossy.
(c) Ugly.
(d) Annoying.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Ezra die?

2. Ezra is a highly regarded ___________ of the town.

3. What do Christine and Brant hear at the end of Act Two of Homecoming?

4. Christine tells Hazel that life twists people's feeling for each other until they do what to each other?

5. What does Christine tell Brant he does with her share of the Mannon estate?

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