The Flies Quizzes

The Flies Quiz 1

1 Sartre is a pioneer of what philosophy?

Pragmatism

Structuralism

Skepticism

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

WWII

Napoleonic Wars

WWI

Franco-Prussian War
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?

Aeschylus

Ovid

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.

Athena

Zeus

Poseidon

Ares
7 With whom does Orestes travel to Argos?

His tutor

His friend

His bodyguard

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

Everyone is in black.

It is very hot.

There are flies.

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

surrender

living

victory

dead
10 Everyone in Argos is filled with ___.

remorse

lust

rage

greed
11 Who is Philebus?

A god

Orestes' pseudonym

An Argive

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

memories

money

learning

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

many women

wealth

handsome looks

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

free

powerful

influential

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

try and usurp the throne

fall in love with an Argive woman and stay

kill Aegistheus

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

Argos

the statue of Zeus

her mother

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

alive

young

clean

smart
18 What is Electra's job?

A princess

A nurse

A priestess

A servant
19 Electra says she is waiting for ___.

a moment she can kill Aegistheus

her brother

her lover

her own death
20 Clytemnestra tells Electra she has to ___.

leave the city

get ready for the ritual

go do her chores

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

Public confession

Sport

Dance and song

Anger and despair
22 Clytemnestra warns Electra that one day ___.

she will leave Argos forever

she will have her own inexpiable crime

she will delight in remorse and regret

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

Murder the living

Mingle among the living

Cry and sing

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

Leave Electra alone

Leave the city

Feel his own remorse

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

friend

brother

tutor

guide

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