The Chairs Quizzes

The Chairs Quiz 1

1 Who wrote The Chairs?
Arthur MIller

Eugene Ionesco

Samuel Beckett

Tom Stoppard
2 Which character is visible onstage?
The orator

Madame Belle

The emperor

The colonel
3 What does the man want to share with the world?
His painting

His song

His message

His theory
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

A woman

The orator

The colonel
6 What story does the old woman ask to hear repeatedly?
The story of the man's journey on the water

The story of their meeting the emperor

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 man and woman's deaths

The orator's failed speech

The emperor's arrival
8 Which of the following is NOT a major theme in the play?
Communication

Theatricality

Status

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

The orator

The emperor

A dog
10 Which objects are the central focus on the play?
Boats

Windows

Doorbells

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

The window

The door

A book
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?
The engraver

The orator

The colonel

Madame Belle
14 Who is Madame Belle?
The woman's mother

A close friend of the woman

A past love interest of the old man

An assistant to the orator
15 Who does the man claim to have abandoned?
His general

His sister

His son

His ailing mother
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 pentagon

A square

A semiciricle

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

A doorbell

A knock

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

Write on a blackboard

Yell at the audience

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

With surprise

With nonchalance

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

A dancer

An usher

A soldier
22 Who wrote Waiting for Godot?
Sam Shepard

Flann O'Brien

James Joyce

Samuel Beckett
23 When was the play written?
1951

1952

1971

1956
24 Where was the play first performed?
Paris

London

Boston

New York
25 Where is the play set?
In a castle in the forest

In a void

In a countryside manor

In a tower enclosed by water

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