The Chairs Quizzes

The Chairs Quiz 1

1 Who wrote The Chairs?
Eugene Ionesco

Samuel Beckett

Arthur MIller

Tom Stoppard
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 song

His painting

His message

His theory
4 How are the guest presented in the play?
From the back

In the spotlight

As invisible

In shadow
5 Who is first to arrive?
The orator

The emperor

The colonel

A woman
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 meeting the emperor

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 arrival

The orator's failed speech

The emperor's arrival

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?
A dog

The orator

The emperor

The colonel
10 Which objects are the central focus on the play?
Doorbells

Windows

Chairs

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

The window

A book

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

General factotum

General

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

The engraver

The colonel

The orator
14 Who is Madame Belle?
An assistant to the orator

A past love interest of the old man

A close friend of the woman

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

His sister

His general

His son
16 How do the man and woman die?
They are crushed in a stampede of guests

They drown in a flood

They perish in a fire

They leap from the window
17 What is the shape of the room?
A pentagon

A semiciricle

A square

An octagon
18 What noise is heard each time a guest arrives?
Murmuring

A knock

Laughing

A doorbell
19 What does the orator attempt to do after failing to speak?
Write on a blackboard

Fight the emperor

Duel the old man

Yell at the audience
20 How do the old man and woman react to the orator's entry?
With consternation

With fury

With nonchalance

With surprise
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?
Sam Shepard

James Joyce

Samuel Beckett

Flann O'Brien
23 When was the play written?
1952

1951

1971

1956
24 Where was the play first performed?
Boston

London

New York

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

In a tower enclosed by water

In a castle in the forest

In a void

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