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

2. Who does Peter hear rumors about Lavinia falling in love with?

3. Who is Everett Hills?

4. What is the name of Captain Brant's ship?

5. What is the setting of the first act of the second play?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Christine compare the Mannon house to Abe Mannon?

2. How does Christine learn of Brant's murder?

3. What significant information does Captain Brant learn from the drunken sailor near his ship?

4. Describe the Mannon mansion in the opening scene of the play.

5. What does Mrs. Hills attribute Ezra's sudden death to?

6. How does Christine die?

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

8. How does Christine treat Hazel in the second play?

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

10. What does Christine say when Orin confronts her about Captain Brant, the day he returns from the war?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do Orin and Lavinia begin to resemble their parents, not only in appearance, but in the very words they speak by the end of the play? What are the thematic implications of this metamorphosis?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how O'Neill uses the classical Greek tragedies The Oresteia by Aeschylus, Electra by Sophocles, and Electra by Euripides. What components of the plots are used in Mourning Becomes Electra?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how Mourning Becomes Electra highlights the power and strength of woman versus men. Is this a positive or negative message? What are the implications of this theme considering when this play is written?

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