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 emperor

The colonel

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

His theory

His song

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

In the spotlight

In shadow

From the back
5 Who is first to arrive?
The orator

A woman

The emperor

The colonel
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?
Communication

Generational rebellion

Theatricality

Status
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?
Doorbells

Windows

Boats

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

The window

The chairs

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

Orator

Scholar

General
13 Besides the man and woman, who is the only other character who is portrayed by an actor in the play?
The orator

Madame Belle

The colonel

The engraver
14 Who is Madame Belle?
The woman's mother

A close friend of the woman

An assistant to the orator

A past love interest of the old man
15 Who does the man claim to have abandoned?
His sister

His general

His ailing mother

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

They perish in a fire

They leap from the window

They are crushed in a stampede of guests
17 What is the shape of the room?
A square

A pentagon

An octagon

A semiciricle
18 What noise is heard each time a guest arrives?
A knock

A doorbell

Murmuring

Laughing
19 What does the orator attempt to do after failing to speak?
Yell at the audience

Fight the emperor

Write on a blackboard

Duel the old man
20 How do the old man and woman react to the orator's entry?
With fury

With surprise

With consternation

With nonchalance
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?
James Joyce

Samuel Beckett

Flann O'Brien

Sam Shepard
23 When was the play written?
1952

1956

1971

1951
24 Where was the play first performed?
New York

Boston

Paris

London
25 Where is the play set?
In a countryside manor

In a castle in the forest

In a void

In a tower enclosed by water

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