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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. Where does Christine try to get Brant to go, in Act 4 of The Hunted?
2. Where does Act 4 of The Hunted take place?
3. Where does Act 4 of Homecoming take place?
4. What has Ezra had a premonition of in Act 4 of Homecoming?
5. How long have Lavinia and Orin been away in Act 1 of The Haunted?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are Orin's and Christine's reactions upon first seeing each other in The Hunted, Mourning Becomes Electra?
2. What is Nina jealous of in Act 8 of Strange Interlude? Who knows about this?
3. In Act 2 of The Hunted, Mourning Becomes Electra, what discussion takes place between Hazel, Peter, Orin, Christine, and Lavinia?
4. How does Lavinia's crying out to her father in The Hunted, Mourning Becomes Electra reflect similar scenes in the other two plays?
5. Describe the foreshadowing which takes place in Homecoming, Mourning Becomes Electra.
6. Discuss the characters of Hazel and Peter in the trilogy of Mourning Becomes Electra. What is their role, symbolically?
7. How is Orin described as in The Hunted, Mourning Becomes Electra? What does he speak of when he arrives?
8. What is Orin writing in Act 2 of The Haunted, Mourning Becomes Electra? What is Lavinia's reaction?
9. Describe Ezra's return in Mourning Becomes Electra.
10. How does the theme of justice in The Haunted, Mourning Becomes Electra relate to the same theme in The Oresteia?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss how the setting of each of the three plays affects the action and the characters. How are the settings different in the plays? What correlates to each? Discuss era and historical period in your answer as well as location.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the theme of "Interlude" in the play, Strange Interlude. What does this theme and title phrase refer to? How is it manifested in Nina?
Essay Topic 3
Describe the plot of Homecoming and how it relates to Agamemnon of the Oresteia. Which characters are reflected in each play? How are the actions similar? How does the plot deviate?
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