The Flies Quizzes

The Flies Quiz 1

1 Sartre is a pioneer of what philosophy?
Pragmatism

Existentialism

Skepticism

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

WWII

Napoleonic Wars

Franco-Prussian War
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?
Ovid

Sophocles

Aeschylus

Homer
5 What city is the play set in?
Argos

Sparta

Athens

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

Athena

Zeus

Poseidon
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.

There are flies.

Everyone is in black.

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

surrender

living

victory
10 Everyone in Argos is filled with ___.
lust

rage

remorse

greed
11 Who is Philebus?
The tutor

Orestes' pseudonym

A god

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

money

learning

memories
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

powerful

rich

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 ___.
Argos

Aegistheus

the statue of Zeus

her mother
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 princess

A servant

A priestess

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

her brother

her own death

a moment she can kill Aegistheus
20 Clytemnestra tells Electra she has to ___.
get ready for the ritual

go confess her sins

go do her chores

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?
Mingle among the living

Leave the city

Cry and sing

Murder the living
24 What does Clytemnestra tell Orestes/Philebus to do?
Feel his own remorse

Come to the ritual

Leave Electra alone

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

tutor

brother

guide

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