The Flies Quizzes

The Flies Quiz 1

1 Sartre is a pioneer of what philosophy?
Existentialism

Structuralism

Pragmatism

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

Franco-Prussian War

WWI

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

Free France

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?
Sparta

Argos

Corinth

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

Poseidon

Zeus

Ares
7 With whom does Orestes travel to Argos?
His friend

His bodyguard

His tutor

His physician
8 What do Orestes and the tutor notice about Argos?
Everyone is in black.

There are flies.

It is very hot.

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

living

victory

dead
10 Everyone in Argos is filled with ___.
remorse

lust

greed

rage
11 Who is Philebus?
Orestes' pseudonym

An Argive

The tutor

A god
12 Orestes laments the fact that he has no ___.
lover

memories

learning

money
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

free

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

depart without coming to terms with his past

kill Aegistheus

try and usurp the throne
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 ___.
alive

clean

smart

young
18 What is Electra's job?
A nurse

A princess

A servant

A priestess
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

Public confession

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

she will leave Argos forever

she will anger the gods

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

Leave the city

Murder the living

Cry and sing
24 What does Clytemnestra tell Orestes/Philebus to do?
Feel his own remorse

Leave Electra alone

Leave the city

Come to the ritual
25 Zeus says that if Orestes stays, he will be Orestes' ___.
brother

tutor

guide

friend

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