The Chairs Quizzes

The Chairs Quiz 1

1 Who wrote The Chairs?
Arthur MIller

Samuel Beckett

Tom Stoppard

Eugene Ionesco
2 Which character is visible onstage?
The orator

The colonel

The emperor

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

His painting

His theory

His song
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?
The colonel

The emperor

The orator

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

The story of their arrival at the tower

The story of the man's journey on the water

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

The emperor's arrival

The orator's failed speech

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

Status

Communication

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

The colonel

A dog

The orator
10 Which objects are the central focus on the play?
Chairs

Boats

Doorbells

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

The door

The window

A book
12 What is the man's job title?
General

Orator

Scholar

General factotum
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

The engraver

Madame Belle
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 sister

His general

His ailing mother
16 How do the man and woman die?
They perish in a fire

They drown in a flood

They are crushed in a stampede of guests

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?
A knock

Laughing

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 consternation

With fury

With surprise

With nonchalance
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?
Flann O'Brien

Sam Shepard

James Joyce

Samuel Beckett
23 When was the play written?
1951

1956

1971

1952
24 Where was the play first performed?
New York

Boston

Paris

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

In a void

In a countryside manor

In a tower enclosed by water

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