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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. Ezra accuses Christine of lying to him __________.

2. Which of the following Greek dramas is NOT source material for Mourning Becomes Electra?

3. Lavinia writes her father a letter about whom?

4. Orin tells Lavinia that Ezra and the war teaches him what?

5. Ezra tells Christine he can't talk to her with her ______________.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe Christine and Orin's reunion.

5. How does Ezra tell Christine he is feeling the morning after he returns from the war?

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

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

8. How does Christine die?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Lavinia call the Mannon house the Temple of Hate and Death? What role does religion play in the plot, and most specifically, in the Mannon name itself?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the characters of Peter and Hazel to Orin and Lavinia. What does the start differences in these character types illustrate in the play?

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