The Chairs Quizzes

The Chairs Quiz 1

1 Who wrote The Chairs?
Tom Stoppard

Eugene Ionesco

Samuel Beckett

Arthur MIller
2 Which character is visible onstage?
The colonel

Madame Belle

The emperor

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

His message

His song

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

From the back

In the spotlight

In shadow
5 Who is first to arrive?
The emperor

The colonel

A woman

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 arrival at the tower

The story of their meeting the emperor

The story of their trip to a garden in Paris
7 What is the climax of the play?
The orator's failed speech

The man and woman's deaths

The emperor's arrival

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

Generational rebellion

Theatricality

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

The colonel

A dog

The emperor
10 Which objects are the central focus on the play?
Boats

Doorbells

Chairs

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

A book

The door

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

Orator

General factotum

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 colonel

Madame Belle

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

A close friend of the woman

An assistant to the orator

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

His ailing mother

His general

His sister
16 How do the man and woman die?
They drown in a flood

They are crushed in a stampede of guests

They perish in a fire

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

An octagon

A square

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

A doorbell

Laughing

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

Fight the emperor

Yell at the audience

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

With fury

With nonchalance

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

An actor

A dancer

An usher
22 Who wrote Waiting for Godot?
Sam Shepard

Flann O'Brien

James Joyce

Samuel Beckett
23 When was the play written?
1952

1951

1956

1971
24 Where was the play first performed?
London

Boston

Paris

New York
25 Where is the play set?
In a countryside manor

In a tower enclosed by water

In a castle in the forest

In a void

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