The Chairs Quizzes

The Chairs Quiz 1

1 Who wrote The Chairs?
Arthur MIller

Samuel Beckett

Eugene Ionesco

Tom Stoppard
2 Which character is visible onstage?
Madame Belle

The colonel

The emperor

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

His painting

His song

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

In the spotlight

From the back

In shadow
5 Who is first to arrive?
A woman

The emperor

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 trip to a garden in Paris

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

The orator's failed speech

The orator's arrival

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

Theatricality

Generational rebellion

Status
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?
Windows

Boats

Doorbells

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

A book

The window

The door
12 What is the man's job title?
Scholar

General

General factotum

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

The colonel

The orator

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

A past love interest of the old man

A close friend of the woman

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

His sister

His general

His ailing mother
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?
A semiciricle

A square

A pentagon

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

Laughing

Murmuring

A doorbell
19 What does the orator attempt to do after failing to speak?
Write on a blackboard

Yell at the audience

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?
A dancer

A soldier

An usher

An actor
22 Who wrote Waiting for Godot?
Samuel Beckett

Flann O'Brien

Sam Shepard

James Joyce
23 When was the play written?
1952

1971

1951

1956
24 Where was the play first performed?
New York

London

Boston

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

In a tower enclosed by water

In a countryside manor

In a void

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