The Flies Quizzes

The Flies Quiz 1

1 Sartre is a pioneer of what philosophy?

Structuralism

Existentialism

Pragmatism

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

Franco-Prussian War

WWI

WWII

Napoleonic Wars
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?

Homer

Sophocles

Ovid

Aeschylus
5 What city is the play set in?

Sparta

Athens

Argos

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

Ares

Zeus

Poseidon

Athena
7 With whom does Orestes travel to Argos?

His physician

His tutor

His friend

His bodyguard
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 ___.

victory

dead

living

surrender
10 Everyone in Argos is filled with ___.

remorse

greed

lust

rage
11 Who is Philebus?

The tutor

An Argive

A god

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

money

memories

lover

learning
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 ___.

free

powerful

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 ___.

Argos

Aegistheus

her mother

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

smart

clean

alive

young
18 What is Electra's job?

A servant

A nurse

A priestess

A princess
19 Electra says she is waiting for ___.

her lover

a moment she can kill Aegistheus

her brother

her own death
20 Clytemnestra tells Electra she has to ___.

go do her chores

leave the city

go confess her sins

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

Dance and song

Public confession

Sport

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

she will delight in remorse and regret

she will leave Argos forever

she will have her own inexpiable crime

she will anger the gods
23 What do the dead do?

Mingle among the living

Leave the city

Murder the living

Cry and sing
24 What does Clytemnestra tell Orestes/Philebus to do?

Leave Electra alone

Feel his own remorse

Leave the city

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

brother

friend

guide

tutor

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