The Flies Quizzes

The Flies Quiz 1

1 Sartre is a pioneer of what philosophy?

Structuralism

Pragmatism

Skepticism

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

WWII

WWI

Napoleonic Wars

Franco-Prussian War
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?

Sophocles

Ovid

Homer

Aeschylus
5 What city is the play set in?

Corinth

Sparta

Argos

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

Athena

Poseidon

Ares

Zeus
7 With whom does Orestes travel to Argos?

His physician

His tutor

His bodyguard

His friend
8 What do Orestes and the tutor notice about Argos?

There are flies.

Everyone is in black.

It is very hot.

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

surrender

dead

living

victory
10 Everyone in Argos is filled with ___.

lust

remorse

greed

rage
11 Who is Philebus?

The tutor

A god

An Argive

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

money

memories

learning

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

culture

wealth

handsome looks

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

powerful

free

rich

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

depart without coming to terms with his past

try and usurp the throne

fall in love with an Argive woman and stay

kill Aegistheus
16 Electra curses ___.

her mother

Argos

Aegistheus

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 ___.

a moment she can kill Aegistheus

her own death

her lover

her brother
20 Clytemnestra tells Electra she has to ___.

leave the city

go confess her sins

go do her chores

get ready for the ritual
21 Electra says what is Argos' national pastime?

Dance and song

Sport

Public confession

Anger and despair
22 Clytemnestra warns Electra that one day ___.

she will delight in remorse and regret

she will have her own inexpiable crime

she will leave Argos forever

she will anger the gods
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' ___.

friend

tutor

brother

guide

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