The Flies Quizzes

The Flies Quiz 1

1 Sartre is a pioneer of what philosophy?
Pragmatism

Skepticism

Existentialism

Structuralism
2 During what war was the play written and staged?
WWII

WWI

Franco-Prussian War

Napoleonic Wars
3 The play is meant to critique what?
Free France

Hitler and the Nazis

German Jews

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

Aeschylus

Sophocles

Homer
5 What city is the play set in?
Sparta

Athens

Argos

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

Athena

Poseidon

Zeus
7 With whom does Orestes travel to Argos?
His bodyguard

His tutor

His physician

His friend
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 ___.
dead

victory

living

surrender
10 Everyone in Argos is filled with ___.
rage

lust

greed

remorse
11 Who is Philebus?
An Argive

A god

The tutor

Orestes' pseudonym
12 Orestes laments the fact that he has no ___.
learning

memories

lover

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

wealth

many women

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

influential

powerful

free
15 The tutor admits he was afraid Orestes would ___.
depart without coming to terms with his past

try and usurp the throne

kill Aegistheus

fall in love with an Argive woman and stay
16 Electra curses ___.
the statue of Zeus

her mother

Aegistheus

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

alive

young

smart
18 What is Electra's job?
A priestess

A princess

A nurse

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

her own death

her brother

a moment she can kill Aegistheus
20 Clytemnestra tells Electra she has to ___.
get ready for the ritual

leave the city

go confess her sins

go do her chores
21 Electra says what is Argos' national pastime?
Anger and despair

Public confession

Sport

Dance and song
22 Clytemnestra warns Electra that one day ___.
she will have her own inexpiable crime

she will anger the gods

she will delight in remorse and regret

she will leave Argos forever
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 Electra alone

Come to the ritual

Feel his own remorse

Leave the city
25 Zeus says that if Orestes stays, he will be Orestes' ___.
friend

tutor

brother

guide

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