The Chairs Quizzes

The Chairs Quiz 1

1 Who wrote The Chairs?

Eugene Ionesco

Arthur MIller

Tom Stoppard

Samuel Beckett
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 painting

His theory

His message

His song
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 emperor

The orator

The colonel

A woman
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 the man's journey on the water

The story of their arrival at the tower
7 What is the climax of the play?

The emperor's arrival

The man and woman's deaths

The orator's arrival

The orator's failed speech
8 Which of the following is NOT a major theme in the play?

Generational rebellion

Status

Communication

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

A dog

The emperor

The orator

The colonel
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?

The window

A book

The door

The chairs
12 What is the man's job title?

Scholar

General

Orator

General factotum
13 Besides the man and woman, who is the only other character who is portrayed by an actor in the play?

Madame Belle

The orator

The engraver

The colonel
14 Who is Madame Belle?

An assistant to the orator

A past love interest of the old man

The woman's mother

A close friend of the woman
15 Who does the man claim to have abandoned?

His sister

His ailing mother

His son

His general
16 How do the man and woman die?

They drown in a flood

They leap from the window

They perish in a fire

They are crushed in a stampede of guests
17 What is the shape of the room?

A square

A pentagon

An octagon

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

Murmuring

Laughing

A knock

A doorbell
19 What does the orator attempt to do after failing to speak?

Write on a blackboard

Fight the emperor

Yell at the audience

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

With nonchalance

With consternation

With surprise

With fury
21 What does the woman adopt the role of near the end of the play?

An actor

An usher

A soldier

A dancer
22 Who wrote Waiting for Godot?

Samuel Beckett

James Joyce

Sam Shepard

Flann O'Brien
23 When was the play written?

1971

1952

1956

1951
24 Where was the play first performed?

Boston

Paris

London

New York
25 Where is the play set?

In a countryside manor

In a tower enclosed by water

In a castle in the forest

In a void

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