The Chairs Quizzes

The Chairs Quiz 1

1 Who wrote The Chairs?
Samuel Beckett

Tom Stoppard

Arthur MIller

Eugene Ionesco
2 Which character is visible onstage?
The colonel

The orator

The emperor

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

His painting

His message

His song
4 How are the guest presented in the play?
As invisible

From the back

In shadow

In the spotlight
5 Who is first to arrive?
A woman

The colonel

The emperor

The orator
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 trip to a garden in Paris

The story of their arrival at the tower
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?
Theatricality

Status

Generational rebellion

Communication
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?
The door

The chairs

A book

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

General factotum

Orator

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

The engraver

The colonel

Madame Belle
14 Who is Madame Belle?
A past love interest of the old man

An assistant to the orator

A close friend of the woman

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

His general

His son

His ailing mother
16 How do the man and woman die?
They are crushed in a stampede of guests

They perish in a fire

They drown in a flood

They leap from the window
17 What is the shape of the room?
A semiciricle

A pentagon

An octagon

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

A knock

A doorbell

Murmuring
19 What does the orator attempt to do after failing to speak?
Yell at the audience

Write on a blackboard

Fight the emperor

Duel the old man
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

A soldier

An actor

A dancer
22 Who wrote Waiting for Godot?
Sam Shepard

James Joyce

Samuel Beckett

Flann O'Brien
23 When was the play written?
1956

1951

1971

1952
24 Where was the play first performed?
New York

Paris

London

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

In a castle in the forest

In a void

In a tower enclosed by water

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