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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. Who is Nina jealous of in Act 8 of Strange Interlude?

2. Who does Orin say he was outside looking for in Act 1 of The Haunted?

3. Where does Act 1, Scene 1 of Homecoming take place?

4. Who is the patriarch of the Mannon family, who has been away at war, in Act 1 of Homecoming?

5. Who does Christine say has become mentally unhinged in Act 2 of The Hunted?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Act 2 of The Hunted, Mourning Becomes Electra, what discussion takes place between Hazel, Peter, Orin, Christine, and Lavinia?

2. What is significant about Orin's comment of Brant's face in The Hunted, Mourning Becomes Electra, Act 5?

3. Where is Act Two set in Homecoming, Mourning Becomes Electra? What discussion takes place between Lavinia and Christine here?

4. What do Peter, Hazel, and Lavinia discuss upon their arrival in Homecoming, Mourning Becomes Electra?

5. Who interrupts Gordon and Madeline in Act 9 of Strange Interlude? What are this character's thoughts about them?

6. How is Orin described as in The Hunted, Mourning Becomes Electra? What does he speak of when he arrives?

7. Who does Darrell talk about in Act 8 of Strange Interlude? Why does this upset Nina?

8. What exposition is taking place at the beginning of The Haunted, Mourning Becomes Electra? Who is present?

9. Describe the exposition which takes place at the beginning of Homecoming, Mourning Becomes Electra. Who is speaking, and what is discussed?

10. Describe Ezra's return in Mourning Becomes Electra.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the objectives and actions of the character of Darrell in Strange Interlude. What about this character is noble? What are his negative qualities and actions? What does he want?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the actions and events which occur in The Hunted. Which play of the Oresteia is this play an adaptation of? How do the plot points differ than in Aeschylus' play?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the ending of The Haunted and how this ending reflects an ending of both the play individually as well as the trilogy as a whole. How is the trilogy structured? What is the resolution?

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