The Chairs Quizzes

The Chairs Quiz 1

1 Who wrote The Chairs?
Arthur MIller

Eugene Ionesco

Tom Stoppard

Samuel Beckett
2 Which character is visible onstage?
The orator

Madame Belle

The colonel

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

His message

His theory

His song
4 How are the guest presented in the play?
As invisible

In the spotlight

From the back

In shadow
5 Who is first to arrive?
The orator

The colonel

The emperor

A woman
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 arrival at the tower

The story of their trip to a garden in Paris
7 What is the climax of the play?
The emperor's arrival

The orator's failed speech

The man and woman's deaths

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 orator

The emperor

The colonel

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

Doorbells

Chairs

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

The chairs

The window

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

General

Scholar

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 past love interest of the old man

An assistant to the orator

A close friend of the woman

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

His ailing mother

His sister

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

They drown in a flood

They leap from the window

They are crushed in a stampede of guests
17 What is the shape of the room?
A square

An octagon

A semiciricle

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

A knock

Murmuring

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

Write on a blackboard

Fight the emperor

Duel the old man
20 How do the old man and woman react to the orator's entry?
With nonchalance

With surprise

With fury

With consternation
21 What does the woman adopt the role of near the end of the play?
A dancer

A soldier

An actor

An usher
22 Who wrote Waiting for Godot?
Flann O'Brien

Sam Shepard

James Joyce

Samuel Beckett
23 When was the play written?
1971

1951

1952

1956
24 Where was the play first performed?
London

New York

Boston

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

In a void

In a castle in the forest

In a tower enclosed by water

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