The Chairs Quizzes

The Chairs Quiz 1

By John Melendez · Edited by James Cooper · Last reviewed November 27, 2022

1 Who wrote The Chairs?

Tom Stoppard

Samuel Beckett

Eugene Ionesco

Arthur MIller
2 Which character is visible onstage?

The emperor

The colonel

The orator

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

His song

His theory

His painting

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?

A woman

The colonel

The orator

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

The story of their arrival at the tower

The story of their meeting the emperor

The story of their trip to a garden in Paris

The story of the man's journey on the water
7 What is the climax of the play?

The orator's arrival

The emperor's arrival

The man and woman's deaths

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

Theatricality

Communication

Status

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

A dog

The colonel

The orator

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 chairs

A book

The door

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

Scholar

General factotum

General

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

The engraver

Madame Belle

The colonel

The orator
14 Who is Madame Belle?

A close friend of the woman

The woman's mother

A past love interest of the old man

An assistant to the orator
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 perish in a fire

They leap from the window

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

A semiciricle

A pentagon

An octagon

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

A doorbell

Laughing

Murmuring

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

Duel the old man

Write on a blackboard

Yell at the audience

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

With consternation

With nonchalance

With fury

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

An actor

An usher

A dancer

A soldier
22 Who wrote Waiting for Godot?

James Joyce

Samuel Beckett

Flann O'Brien

Sam Shepard
23 When was the play written?

1951

1956

1971

1952
24 Where was the play first performed?

Boston

New York

London

Paris
25 Where is the play set?

In a tower enclosed by water

In a castle in the forest

In a void

In a countryside manor

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