The Flies Quizzes

The Flies Quiz 1

1 Sartre is a pioneer of what philosophy?

Skepticism

Existentialism

Pragmatism

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

WWI

Franco-Prussian War

Napoleonic Wars

WWII
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

Aeschylus

Homer

Sophocles
5 What city is the play set in?

Sparta

Argos

Corinth

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

Ares

Athena

Zeus

Poseidon
7 With whom does Orestes travel to Argos?

His physician

His bodyguard

His tutor

His friend
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

victory

living

dead
10 Everyone in Argos is filled with ___.

greed

rage

remorse

lust
11 Who is Philebus?

The tutor

Orestes' pseudonym

An Argive

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

memories

learning

lover

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

culture

many women

handsome looks

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

influential

free

powerful

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

kill Aegistheus

fall in love with an Argive woman and stay

depart without coming to terms with his past

try and usurp the throne
16 Electra curses ___.

her mother

Aegistheus

Argos

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

alive

clean

young

smart
18 What is Electra's job?

A priestess

A servant

A princess

A nurse
19 Electra says she is waiting for ___.

her own death

her brother

her lover

a moment she can kill Aegistheus
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?

Public confession

Anger and despair

Sport

Dance and song
22 Clytemnestra warns Electra that one day ___.

she will have her own inexpiable crime

she will anger the gods

she will leave Argos forever

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

Mingle among the living

Murder 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' ___.

guide

friend

brother

tutor

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