The Chairs Quizzes

The Chairs Quiz 1

1 Who wrote The Chairs?
Arthur MIller

Eugene Ionesco

Tom Stoppard

Samuel Beckett
2 Which character is visible onstage?
The colonel

Madame Belle

The orator

The emperor
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

In the spotlight

In shadow

As invisible
5 Who is first to arrive?
The orator

A woman

The colonel

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

The story of the man's journey on the water

The story of their arrival at the tower

The story of their meeting the emperor
7 What is the climax of the play?
The emperor's arrival

The orator's arrival

The man and woman's deaths

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

Status

Theatricality

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

The colonel

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 door

A book

The window

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

Scholar

General

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

The engraver

The colonel

The orator
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 sister

His ailing mother

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

They drown in a flood

They perish in a fire

They leap from the window
17 What is the shape of the room?
An octagon

A square

A pentagon

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

A knock

Laughing

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

Duel the old man

Fight the emperor

Write on a blackboard
20 How do the old man and woman react to the orator's entry?
With surprise

With consternation

With fury

With nonchalance
21 What does the woman adopt the role of near the end of the play?
A soldier

A dancer

An usher

An actor
22 Who wrote Waiting for Godot?
James Joyce

Flann O'Brien

Samuel Beckett

Sam Shepard
23 When was the play written?
1971

1956

1951

1952
24 Where was the play first performed?
Boston

London

Paris

New York
25 Where is the play set?
In a tower enclosed by water

In a countryside manor

In a castle in the forest

In a void

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