The Flies Quizzes

The Flies Quiz 1

1 Sartre is a pioneer of what philosophy?
Skepticism

Structuralism

Existentialism

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

WWI

Napoleonic Wars

Franco-Prussian War
3 The play is meant to critique what?
Vichy France

Free France

German Jews

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

Sophocles

Homer

Ovid
5 What city is the play set in?
Sparta

Argos

Athens

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

Ares

Zeus

Athena
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?
There are flies.

Everyone is in black.

It is very hot.

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

dead

living

surrender
10 Everyone in Argos is filled with ___.
lust

greed

remorse

rage
11 Who is Philebus?
A god

Orestes' pseudonym

The tutor

An Argive
12 Orestes laments the fact that he has no ___.
memories

lover

learning

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

many women

wealth

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

powerful

influential

rich
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

Argos

her mother

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

alive

smart

young
18 What is Electra's job?
A servant

A nurse

A princess

A priestess
19 Electra says she is waiting for ___.
a moment she can kill Aegistheus

her lover

her own death

her brother
20 Clytemnestra tells Electra she has to ___.
go confess her sins

go do her chores

get ready for the ritual

leave the city
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 leave Argos forever

she will anger the gods

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

Murder the living

Cry and sing

Mingle among the living
24 What does Clytemnestra tell Orestes/Philebus to do?
Come to the ritual

Feel his own remorse

Leave the city

Leave Electra alone
25 Zeus says that if Orestes stays, he will be Orestes' ___.
tutor

brother

guide

friend

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