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 colonel

The emperor

Madame Belle

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?

As invisible

From the back

In shadow

In the spotlight
5 Who is first to arrive?

The emperor

A woman

The colonel

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

The story of their meeting the emperor

The story of the man's journey on the water

The story of their trip to a garden in Paris

The story of their arrival at the tower
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?

Theatricality

Status

Generational rebellion

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

The orator

The emperor

The colonel

A dog
10 Which objects are the central focus on the play?

Doorbells

Chairs

Boats

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

The chairs

A book

The window

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

Scholar

Orator

General factotum

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

The colonel

The orator

The engraver

Madame Belle
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 ailing mother

His general

His sister

His son
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?

A semiciricle

An octagon

A square

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

Murmuring

Laughing

A knock

A doorbell
19 What does the orator attempt to do after failing to speak?

Write on a blackboard

Yell at the audience

Duel the old man

Fight the emperor
20 How do the old man and woman react to the orator's entry?

With surprise

With fury

With consternation

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

An usher

An actor

A dancer

A soldier
22 Who wrote Waiting for Godot?

James Joyce

Samuel Beckett

Sam Shepard

Flann O'Brien
23 When was the play written?

1956

1951

1952

1971
24 Where was the play first performed?

Paris

Boston

New York

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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