The Chairs Quizzes

The Chairs Quiz 1

1 Who wrote The Chairs?
Samuel Beckett

Arthur MIller

Tom Stoppard

Eugene Ionesco
2 Which character is visible onstage?
The orator

The colonel

The emperor

Madame Belle
3 What does the man want to share with the world?
His song

His message

His painting

His theory
4 How are the guest presented in the play?
In shadow

In the spotlight

From the back

As invisible
5 Who is first to arrive?
A woman

The emperor

The orator

The colonel
6 What story does the old woman ask to hear repeatedly?
The story of their meeting the emperor

The story of the man's journey on the water

The story of their arrival at the tower

The story of their trip to a garden in Paris
7 What is the climax of the play?
The orator's arrival

The orator's failed speech

The emperor's arrival

The man and woman's deaths
8 Which of the following is NOT a major theme in the play?
Status

Generational rebellion

Theatricality

Communication
9 Who do the man and woman show their devotion to?
The colonel

A dog

The emperor

The orator
10 Which objects are the central focus on the play?
Doorbells

Boats

Chairs

Windows
11 What does the woman tell the man to get away from at the beginning of the play?
The door

A book

The chairs

The window
12 What is the man's job title?
Scholar

General

General factotum

Orator
13 Besides the man and woman, who is the only other character who is portrayed by an actor in the play?
The colonel

Madame Belle

The engraver

The orator
14 Who is Madame Belle?
An assistant to the orator

A close friend of the woman

The woman's mother

A past love interest of the old man
15 Who does the man claim to have abandoned?
His general

His ailing mother

His sister

His son
16 How do the man and woman die?
They leap from the window

They are crushed in a stampede of guests

They perish in a fire

They drown in a flood
17 What is the shape of the room?
A pentagon

A semiciricle

An octagon

A square
18 What noise is heard each time a guest arrives?
Laughing

A doorbell

Murmuring

A knock
19 What does the orator attempt to do after failing to speak?
Write on a blackboard

Duel the old man

Yell at the audience

Fight the emperor
20 How do the old man and woman react to the orator's entry?
With nonchalance

With consternation

With fury

With surprise
21 What does the woman adopt the role of near the end of the play?
An usher

An actor

A soldier

A dancer
22 Who wrote Waiting for Godot?
James Joyce

Flann O'Brien

Samuel Beckett

Sam Shepard
23 When was the play written?
1951

1971

1956

1952
24 Where was the play first performed?
New York

Boston

Paris

London
25 Where is the play set?
In a countryside manor

In a castle in the forest

In a tower enclosed by water

In a void

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