The Chairs Quizzes

The Chairs Quiz 1

1 Who wrote The Chairs?
Eugene Ionesco

Samuel Beckett

Arthur MIller

Tom Stoppard
2 Which character is visible onstage?
The emperor

Madame Belle

The orator

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

His message

His theory

His song
4 How are the guest presented in the play?
In shadow

In the spotlight

From the back

As invisible
5 Who is first to arrive?
The orator

The colonel

A woman

The emperor
6 What story does the old woman ask to hear repeatedly?
The story of their meeting the emperor

The story of the man's journey on the water

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 man and woman's deaths

The orator's arrival

The orator's failed speech

The emperor's arrival
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?
The emperor

The colonel

The orator

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

Doorbells

Windows

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

The chairs

A book

The door
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?
The engraver

The orator

Madame Belle

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

The woman's mother

An assistant to the orator

A close friend of the woman
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 leap from the window

They drown in a flood

They perish in a fire
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 doorbell

Murmuring

A knock

Laughing
19 What does the orator attempt to do after failing to speak?
Duel the old man

Yell at the audience

Fight the emperor

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

With nonchalance

With fury

With consternation
21 What does the woman adopt the role of near the end of the play?
A dancer

An usher

An actor

A soldier
22 Who wrote Waiting for Godot?
Samuel Beckett

James Joyce

Sam Shepard

Flann O'Brien
23 When was the play written?
1971

1951

1956

1952
24 Where was the play first performed?
New York

Boston

London

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

In a castle in the forest

In a void

In a countryside manor

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