The Chairs Quizzes

The Chairs Quiz 1

1 Who wrote The Chairs?
Eugene Ionesco

Arthur MIller

Tom Stoppard

Samuel Beckett
2 Which character is visible onstage?
The emperor

The orator

Madame Belle

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

His message

His painting

His song
4 How are the guest presented in the play?
In shadow

In the spotlight

As invisible

From the back
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 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 emperor's arrival

The orator's arrival

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

Communication

Generational rebellion

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

The emperor

The orator

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

Windows

Doorbells

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

The chairs

The door

A book
12 What is the man's job title?
General

General factotum

Orator

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

The orator

The colonel

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

An assistant to the orator

The woman's mother

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

His son

His sister

His ailing mother
16 How do the man and woman die?
They perish in a fire

They leap from the window

They are crushed in a stampede of guests

They drown in a flood
17 What is the shape of the room?
A pentagon

A square

An octagon

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

A doorbell

Murmuring

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

Fight the emperor

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 consternation

With nonchalance

With surprise
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?
James Joyce

Flann O'Brien

Samuel Beckett

Sam Shepard
23 When was the play written?
1951

1956

1971

1952
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 tower enclosed by water

In a castle in the forest

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