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

WWI

Franco-Prussian War

Napoleonic Wars
3 The play is meant to critique what?

Free France

Vichy France

Hitler and the Nazis

German Jews
4 The play is based on whose work?

Ovid

Homer

Sophocles

Aeschylus
5 What city is the play set in?

Sparta

Athens

Corinth

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

Zeus

Poseidon

Ares

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.

It is very hot.

Everyone is in black.

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

living

victory

dead

surrender
10 Everyone in Argos is filled with ___.

lust

rage

greed

remorse
11 Who is Philebus?

The tutor

An Argive

A god

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

lover

money

memories

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

many women

culture

wealth

handsome looks
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

fall in love with an Argive woman and stay

try and usurp the throne

kill Aegistheus
16 Electra curses ___.

Argos

Aegistheus

her mother

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

clean

young

smart

alive
18 What is Electra's job?

A servant

A nurse

A priestess

A princess
19 Electra says she is waiting for ___.

a moment she can kill Aegistheus

her brother

her own death

her lover
20 Clytemnestra tells Electra she has to ___.

go do her chores

leave the city

go confess her sins

get ready for the ritual
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 delight in remorse and regret

she will have her own inexpiable crime

she will anger the gods

she will leave Argos forever
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?

Feel his own remorse

Leave the city

Come to the ritual

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

tutor

guide

brother

friend

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