The Flies Quizzes

The Flies Quiz 1

1 Sartre is a pioneer of what philosophy?
Structuralism

Existentialism

Pragmatism

Skepticism
2 During what war was the play written and staged?
WWI

WWII

Napoleonic Wars

Franco-Prussian War
3 The play is meant to critique what?
Free France

German Jews

Hitler and the Nazis

Vichy France
4 The play is based on whose work?
Homer

Ovid

Sophocles

Aeschylus
5 What city is the play set in?
Corinth

Athens

Sparta

Argos
6 There is a statue of ___ in the Argos town square.
Poseidon

Ares

Zeus

Athena
7 With whom does Orestes travel to Argos?
His tutor

His friend

His physician

His bodyguard
8 What do Orestes and the tutor notice about Argos?
It is very hot.

There are flies.

Everyone is in black.

All of these
9 The city celebrates the day of the ___.
victory

dead

living

surrender
10 Everyone in Argos is filled with ___.
remorse

rage

greed

lust
11 Who is Philebus?
Orestes' pseudonym

An Argive

A god

The tutor
12 Orestes laments the fact that he has no ___.
memories

learning

money

lover
13 The tutor tries to remind Orestes of his ___.
many women

handsome looks

culture

wealth
14 Orestes acknowledges that he has no memories but is ___.
rich

influential

powerful

free
15 The tutor admits he was afraid Orestes would ___.
fall in love with an Argive woman and stay

try and usurp the throne

kill Aegistheus

depart without coming to terms with his past
16 Electra curses ___.
the statue of Zeus

Aegistheus

Argos

her mother
17 Electra brags to the statue that she is all of these things except ___.
smart

alive

clean

young
18 What is Electra's job?
A princess

A servant

A priestess

A nurse
19 Electra says she is waiting for ___.
her own death

her brother

a moment she can kill Aegistheus

her lover
20 Clytemnestra tells Electra she has to ___.
leave the city

go do her chores

get ready for the ritual

go confess her sins
21 Electra says what is Argos' national pastime?
Anger and despair

Sport

Dance and song

Public confession
22 Clytemnestra warns Electra that one day ___.
she will delight in remorse and regret

she will leave Argos forever

she will have her own inexpiable crime

she will anger the gods
23 What do the dead do?
Leave the city

Murder the living

Mingle among the living

Cry and sing
24 What does Clytemnestra tell Orestes/Philebus to do?
Leave the city

Come to the ritual

Leave Electra alone

Feel his own remorse
25 Zeus says that if Orestes stays, he will be Orestes' ___.
friend

brother

guide

tutor

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