The Flies Quizzes

The Flies Quiz 1

1 Sartre is a pioneer of what philosophy?
Skepticism

Pragmatism

Existentialism

Structuralism
2 During what war was the play written and staged?
Franco-Prussian War

WWII

Napoleonic Wars

WWI
3 The play is meant to critique what?
Hitler and the Nazis

Free France

German Jews

Vichy France
4 The play is based on whose work?
Sophocles

Aeschylus

Homer

Ovid
5 What city is the play set in?
Athens

Corinth

Sparta

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

Zeus

Poseidon

Athena
7 With whom does Orestes travel to Argos?
His bodyguard

His tutor

His physician

His friend
8 What do Orestes and the tutor notice about Argos?
It is very hot.

Everyone is in black.

There are flies.

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

living

victory

surrender
10 Everyone in Argos is filled with ___.
greed

lust

remorse

rage
11 Who is Philebus?
The tutor

A god

An Argive

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

memories

money

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

handsome looks

many women

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

rich

free

influential
15 The tutor admits he was afraid Orestes would ___.
fall in love with an Argive woman and stay

depart without coming to terms with his past

kill Aegistheus

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 ___.
clean

alive

young

smart
18 What is Electra's job?
A princess

A servant

A priestess

A nurse
19 Electra says she is waiting for ___.
her own death

a moment she can kill Aegistheus

her brother

her lover
20 Clytemnestra tells Electra she has to ___.
leave the city

go do her chores

get ready for the ritual

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

Dance and song

Public confession

Anger and despair
22 Clytemnestra warns Electra that one day ___.
she will anger the gods

she will delight in remorse and regret

she will leave Argos forever

she will have her own inexpiable crime
23 What do the dead do?
Cry and sing

Murder the living

Leave the city

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

Feel his own remorse

Leave Electra alone

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

guide

tutor

friend

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