Mourning Becomes Electra Quizzes

Think you’ve got your head wrapped around Mourning Becomes Electra? Put your knowledge to the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. What concept might a psychologist use to explain Lavinia's weird love for her father?


The Oedipus complex
Paranoia
The Electra complex
She's a sociopath
Q. What do both Orin and Ezra seem to always talk about right after they get back from the war—even if it makes every other character uncomfortable?


Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Death
Ghosts
Fear of chickens
Q. If it wasn't Ezra's picture hanging in the study that scared Seth's pal, what could it have been?


John Brown's body
The dark
Christine Mannon's taste in furniture
Ezra's ghost
Q. What concept or diagnosis might explain Orin's weird attachment with his mother?


The Oedipus Complex
Schizophrenia
Attachment disorder
Just plain sicko
Q. Why is Ezra Mannon such a big deal?


He opened the first vegetarian restaurant in New England.
He is incredibly rich and powerful.
He is BFFs with Abraham Lincoln.
He is the starting quarterback for the New England Patriots.