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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Ezra tells Christine he can't talk to her with her ______________.
(a) Clothes off.
(b) Eyes closed.
(c) Eyes open.
(d) Clothes on.

3. What color dress is Lavinia wearing the night her father returns?
(a) Red.
(b) Green.
(c) Blue.
(d) Black.

4. What does Lavinia accuse Christine of stealing from her?
(a) Peter.
(b) Money.
(c) Love.
(d) Brant.

5. Who does Mrs. Borden say she can't abide?
(a) Lavinia.
(b) Ezra.
(c) Christine.
(d) Seth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lavinia always reminds her mother of what?

2. Who goes to the train station with Lavinia to meet Orin?

3. How old is Captain Brant?

4. What does Lavinia tell Peter she hates in the first scene of the play?

5. What does Ezra beg Christine to give him as he is dying?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Orin's tone as he talks to his dead father in Play Two, Act Three?

2. What is significant about Play One, Act Two taking place under the watchful eye of Ezra's portrait?

3. Why does Captain Brant tell Lavinia about the islands he goes to?

4. What about Christine surprises Mrs. Borden and Mrs. Hills?

5. What news does Peter share with Lavinia in Act One, Scene One of Homecoming?

6. Why is Orin surprised by Christine's obvious grief over Brant's death?

7. How do Orin and Lavinia come to be just like their parents?

8. What condition is Orin in at the beginning of the third play?

9. How does Orin describe his and Lavinia's experience on the Island?

10. What causes Ezra to have a heart attack the morning after he returns from the war?

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