The Chairs Quizzes

The Chairs Quiz 1

1 Who wrote The Chairs?
Samuel Beckett

Tom Stoppard

Arthur MIller

Eugene Ionesco
2 Which character is visible onstage?
The emperor

The colonel

Madame Belle

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

His theory

His message

His painting
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 colonel

A woman

The emperor

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 trip to a garden in Paris

The story of their meeting the emperor

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 failed speech

The orator's arrival

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

Generational rebellion

Theatricality

Status
9 Who do the man and woman show their devotion to?
A dog

The emperor

The colonel

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

Doorbells

Chairs

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

A book

The window

The chairs
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 colonel

The engraver

Madame Belle

The orator
14 Who is Madame Belle?
A close friend of the woman

A past love interest of the old man

An assistant to the orator

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

His general

His son

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

They leap from the window

They perish in a fire

They are crushed in a stampede of guests
17 What is the shape of the room?
An octagon

A square

A semiciricle

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

Laughing

A doorbell

A knock
19 What does the orator attempt to do after failing to speak?
Fight the emperor

Yell at the audience

Duel the old man

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

With nonchalance

With consternation

With surprise
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?
Sam Shepard

James Joyce

Samuel Beckett

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

1951

1952

1956
24 Where was the play first performed?
New York

Paris

London

Boston
25 Where is the play set?
In a void

In a countryside manor

In a castle in the forest

In a tower enclosed by water

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