The Chairs Quizzes

The Chairs Quiz 1

1 Who wrote The Chairs?
Arthur MIller

Tom Stoppard

Eugene Ionesco

Samuel Beckett
2 Which character is visible onstage?
The colonel

Madame Belle

The emperor

The orator
3 What does the man want to share with the world?
His song

His painting

His theory

His message
4 How are the guest presented in the play?
From the back

As invisible

In shadow

In the spotlight
5 Who is first to arrive?
The orator

The emperor

A woman

The colonel
6 What story does the old woman ask to hear repeatedly?
The story of their trip to a garden in Paris

The story of their meeting the emperor

The story of their arrival at the tower

The story of the man's journey on the water
7 What is the climax of the play?
The emperor's arrival

The orator's arrival

The orator's failed speech

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

Status

Generational rebellion

Theatricality
9 Who do the man and woman show their devotion to?
A dog

The orator

The colonel

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

Windows

Boats

Chairs
11 What does the woman tell the man to get away from at the beginning of the play?
A book

The chairs

The door

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

Orator

General factotum

Scholar
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 orator

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

A close friend of the woman

A past love interest of the old man

The woman's mother
15 Who does the man claim to have abandoned?
His general

His son

His ailing mother

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

They are crushed in a stampede of guests

They drown in a flood

They perish in a fire
17 What is the shape of the room?
A pentagon

A square

A semiciricle

An octagon
18 What noise is heard each time a guest arrives?
Murmuring

A doorbell

A knock

Laughing
19 What does the orator attempt to do after failing to speak?
Fight the emperor

Yell at the audience

Write on a blackboard

Duel the old man
20 How do the old man and woman react to the orator's entry?
With surprise

With nonchalance

With fury

With consternation
21 What does the woman adopt the role of near the end of the play?
An actor

A soldier

A dancer

An usher
22 Who wrote Waiting for Godot?
Sam Shepard

Samuel Beckett

Flann O'Brien

James Joyce
23 When was the play written?
1952

1956

1951

1971
24 Where was the play first performed?
Boston

New York

London

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

In a tower enclosed by water

In a void

In a castle in the forest

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