The Flies Quizzes

The Flies Quiz 1

1 Sartre is a pioneer of what philosophy?

Skepticism

Structuralism

Pragmatism

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

WWI

Franco-Prussian War

WWII

Napoleonic Wars
3 The play is meant to critique what?

Hitler and the Nazis

Vichy France

German Jews

Free France
4 The play is based on whose work?

Homer

Aeschylus

Sophocles

Ovid
5 What city is the play set in?

Sparta

Athens

Argos

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

Athena

Zeus

Poseidon

Ares
7 With whom does Orestes travel to Argos?

His bodyguard

His friend

His tutor

His physician
8 What do Orestes and the tutor notice about Argos?

There are flies.

It is very hot.

Everyone is in black.

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

victory

living

dead

surrender
10 Everyone in Argos is filled with ___.

lust

rage

greed

remorse
11 Who is Philebus?

An Argive

A god

The tutor

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

learning

money

memories

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

wealth

culture

many women

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

free

rich

influential

powerful
15 The tutor admits he was afraid Orestes would ___.

fall in love with an Argive woman and stay

kill Aegistheus

depart without coming to terms with his past

try and usurp the throne
16 Electra curses ___.

the statue of Zeus

Argos

Aegistheus

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

clean

young

alive

smart
18 What is Electra's job?

A servant

A princess

A nurse

A priestess
19 Electra says she is waiting for ___.

her brother

her own death

her lover

a moment she can kill Aegistheus
20 Clytemnestra tells Electra she has to ___.

get ready for the ritual

go confess her sins

go do her chores

leave the city
21 Electra says what is Argos' national pastime?

Anger and despair

Dance and song

Sport

Public confession
22 Clytemnestra warns Electra that one day ___.

she will have her own inexpiable crime

she will anger the gods

she will leave Argos forever

she will delight in remorse and regret
23 What do the dead do?

Mingle among the living

Leave the city

Cry and sing

Murder the living
24 What does Clytemnestra tell Orestes/Philebus to do?

Leave the city

Leave Electra alone

Come to the ritual

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

brother

guide

tutor

friend

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