The Chairs Quizzes

The Chairs Quiz 1

1 Who wrote The Chairs?
Arthur MIller

Eugene Ionesco

Samuel Beckett

Tom Stoppard
2 Which character is visible onstage?
The orator

The emperor

Madame Belle

The colonel
3 What does the man want to share with the world?
His painting

His message

His song

His theory
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

The colonel

The orator

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 arrival at the tower

The story of their trip to a garden in Paris

The story of their meeting the emperor
7 What is the climax of the play?
The emperor's arrival

The man and woman's deaths

The orator's failed speech

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

Generational rebellion

Status

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

The orator

A dog

The emperor
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 window

The chairs

A book

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

Scholar

Orator

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

The colonel

Madame Belle

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

A past love interest of the old man

The woman's mother

A close friend of the woman
15 Who does the man claim to have abandoned?
His sister

His ailing mother

His general

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

They are crushed in a stampede of guests

They leap from the window

They perish in a fire
17 What is the shape of the room?
A square

A pentagon

A semiciricle

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

A knock

A doorbell

Murmuring
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 surprise

With nonchalance

With consternation

With fury
21 What does the woman adopt the role of near the end of the play?
A soldier

An usher

An actor

A dancer
22 Who wrote Waiting for Godot?
Samuel Beckett

James Joyce

Flann O'Brien

Sam Shepard
23 When was the play written?
1971

1951

1956

1952
24 Where was the play first performed?
Paris

Boston

London

New York
25 Where is the play set?
In a castle in the forest

In a void

In a tower enclosed by water

In a countryside manor

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