The Chairs Quizzes

The Chairs Quiz 1

1 Who wrote The Chairs?

Tom Stoppard

Arthur MIller

Samuel Beckett

Eugene Ionesco
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 theory

His painting

His song

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

In the spotlight

From the back

As invisible

In shadow
5 Who is first to arrive?

The colonel

The orator

The emperor

A woman
6 What story does the old woman ask to hear repeatedly?

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

The story of the man's journey on the water
7 What is the climax of the play?

The man and woman's deaths

The emperor's arrival

The orator's failed speech

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

Generational rebellion

Communication

Status

Theatricality
9 Who do the man and woman show their devotion to?

The colonel

A dog

The emperor

The orator
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 chairs

The door

A book

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

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 sister

His son

His ailing mother

His general
16 How do the man and woman die?

They leap from the window

They are crushed in a stampede of guests

They perish in a fire

They drown in a flood
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 doorbell

Murmuring

Laughing

A knock
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 fury

With consternation

With nonchalance

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

An actor

A soldier

An usher

A dancer
22 Who wrote Waiting for Godot?

Sam Shepard

Flann O'Brien

James Joyce

Samuel Beckett
23 When was the play written?

1951

1956

1971

1952
24 Where was the play first performed?

Paris

Boston

London

New York
25 Where is the play set?

In a countryside manor

In a castle in the forest

In a tower enclosed by water

In a void

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