The Flies Quizzes

The Flies Quiz 1

1 Sartre is a pioneer of what philosophy?
Structuralism

Pragmatism

Skepticism

Existentialism
2 During what war was the play written and staged?
Napoleonic Wars

WWII

Franco-Prussian War

WWI
3 The play is meant to critique what?
German Jews

Vichy France

Free France

Hitler and the Nazis
4 The play is based on whose work?
Sophocles

Homer

Ovid

Aeschylus
5 What city is the play set in?
Corinth

Athens

Argos

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

Ares

Athena

Poseidon
7 With whom does Orestes travel to Argos?
His physician

His tutor

His friend

His bodyguard
8 What do Orestes and the tutor notice about Argos?
There are flies.

Everyone is in black.

It is very hot.

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

surrender

victory

dead
10 Everyone in Argos is filled with ___.
rage

remorse

greed

lust
11 Who is Philebus?
Orestes' pseudonym

An Argive

A god

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

memories

learning

money
13 The tutor tries to remind Orestes of his ___.
culture

handsome looks

many women

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

influential

powerful

free
15 The tutor admits he was afraid Orestes would ___.
try and usurp the throne

kill Aegistheus

fall in love with an Argive woman and stay

depart without coming to terms with his past
16 Electra curses ___.
her mother

the statue of Zeus

Aegistheus

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

alive

young

clean
18 What is Electra's job?
A princess

A priestess

A servant

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

a moment she can kill Aegistheus

her own death

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

go confess her sins

get ready for the ritual

go do her chores
21 Electra says what is Argos' national pastime?
Dance and song

Sport

Anger and despair

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

she will have her own inexpiable crime

she will leave Argos forever

she will anger the gods
23 What do the dead do?
Murder the living

Cry and sing

Mingle among the living

Leave the city
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' ___.
tutor

friend

brother

guide

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