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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. Lavinia tells Peter she can't marry him because _________ needs her.

2. Where is Christine originally from?

3. What are both Christine and Lavinia wearing in the first scene of Homecoming?

4. Lavinia always reminds her mother of what?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does the war change Ezra's view about death?

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

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

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

7. What does Hazel say about the Mannon house as she and Peter prepare it for Lavinia and Orin's return from the islands?

8. What does Orin tell Hazel to do with the envelope he gives her in Play Three, Act Three?

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

10. How does Lavinia react when Seth tells her that Adam Brant might be a Mannon?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how O'Neill makes the key thematic point through Mourning Becomes Electra that humanity doesn't change much in two thousand years.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the use throughout the play of the literary components of foreshadowing, irony and metaphor.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the specific character parallels between the Greek tragedies and Mourning Becomes Electra. What are some of the significant differences between characters that give a different resonance to O'Neill's play?

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