The Flies Quizzes

The Flies Quiz 1

1 Sartre is a pioneer of what philosophy?
Pragmatism

Structuralism

Skepticism

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

WWII

Franco-Prussian War

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

Vichy France

Free France

German Jews
4 The play is based on whose work?
Aeschylus

Ovid

Homer

Sophocles
5 What city is the play set in?
Corinth

Argos

Sparta

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

Zeus

Athena

Ares
7 With whom does Orestes travel to Argos?
His friend

His tutor

His physician

His bodyguard
8 What do Orestes and the tutor notice about Argos?
There are flies.

It is very hot.

Everyone is in black.

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

surrender

living

dead
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 ___.
memories

money

learning

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

culture

wealth

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

free

powerful

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

try and usurp the throne

depart without coming to terms with his past

fall in love with an Argive woman and stay
16 Electra curses ___.
the statue of Zeus

Aegistheus

her mother

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

smart

young

clean
18 What is Electra's job?
A nurse

A priestess

A princess

A servant
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

get ready for the ritual

go do her chores

go confess her sins
21 Electra says what is Argos' national pastime?
Anger and despair

Public confession

Dance and song

Sport
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?
Cry and sing

Mingle among the living

Murder 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

friend

guide

tutor

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