The Flies Quizzes

The Flies Quiz 1

1 Sartre is a pioneer of what philosophy?

Pragmatism

Structuralism

Existentialism

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

Franco-Prussian War

WWI

WWII

Napoleonic Wars
3 The play is meant to critique what?

Free France

German Jews

Vichy France

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

Aeschylus

Sophocles

Homer

Ovid
5 What city is the play set in?

Argos

Athens

Corinth

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

Zeus

Athena

Poseidon

Ares
7 With whom does Orestes travel to Argos?

His friend

His bodyguard

His physician

His tutor
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 ___.

living

victory

surrender

dead
10 Everyone in Argos is filled with ___.

greed

rage

remorse

lust
11 Who is Philebus?

Orestes' pseudonym

A god

The tutor

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

memories

money

learning

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

handsome looks

many women

culture

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

free

influential

powerful

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 ___.

Aegistheus

her mother

Argos

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

smart

young

clean

alive
18 What is Electra's job?

A nurse

A princess

A priestess

A servant
19 Electra says she is waiting for ___.

her lover

her own death

her brother

a moment she can kill Aegistheus
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 have her own inexpiable crime

she will anger the gods

she will delight in remorse and regret

she will leave Argos forever
23 What do the dead do?

Murder the living

Cry and sing

Mingle among the living

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

Come to the ritual

Feel his own remorse

Leave Electra alone

Leave the city
25 Zeus says that if Orestes stays, he will be Orestes' ___.

brother

guide

friend

tutor

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