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

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

3. Who does Orin equate the war to?
(a) Ezra.
(b) Christine.
(c) Lavinia.
(d) Brant.

4. What does the Mannon house remind Orin of when he sees it for the first time after the war?
(a) Peace.
(b) Death.
(c) Evil.
(d) Happiness.

5. Ezra accuses Christine of lying to him __________.
(a) With her words.
(b) About Brant.
(c) With her body.
(d) About Lavinia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Christine say she is visiting on her trips to New York?

2. What song is being sung as the play opens?

3. Who does Ezra call out for as he is dying?

4. According to Seth, who throws David Mannon out of the house?

5. What is the setting of Play One, Act Four?

Short Essay Questions

1. What causes Lavinia to think Christine has something to do with Ezra's death?

2. What is Orin writing down in Play Three, Act Two?

3. What does Hazel tell Lavinia in the last act of the play?

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

5. How does Lavinia begin to change Orin's mind about their mother's innocence?

6. What does Christine tell Lavinia is the reason they never get along?

7. What does Orin say about the Mannon house when he first sees it, after returning from the war?

8. What do Seth and the other men dare Abner Small to do at the beginning of the third play?

9. Describe Christine and Orin's reunion.

10. Why is Christine able to bond with Orin and not Lavinia?

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