The Flies Quizzes

The Flies Quiz 1

1 Sartre is a pioneer of what philosophy?
Pragmatism

Skepticism

Structuralism

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

Napoleonic Wars

Franco-Prussian War

WWII
3 The play is meant to critique what?
Free France

Vichy France

German Jews

Hitler and the Nazis
4 The play is based on whose work?
Homer

Aeschylus

Ovid

Sophocles
5 What city is the play set in?
Corinth

Sparta

Argos

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 tutor

His bodyguard

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

living

victory

surrender
10 Everyone in Argos is filled with ___.
rage

lust

remorse

greed
11 Who is Philebus?
An Argive

A god

The tutor

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

money

lover

memories
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

rich

free

influential
15 The tutor admits he was afraid Orestes would ___.
try and usurp the throne

kill Aegistheus

fall in love with an Argive woman and stay

depart without coming to terms with his past
16 Electra curses ___.
Argos

the statue of Zeus

her mother

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

young

smart

clean
18 What is Electra's job?
A priestess

A princess

A servant

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

her brother

her lover

a moment she can kill Aegistheus
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?
Public confession

Sport

Anger and despair

Dance and song
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?
Murder the living

Leave the city

Mingle among the living

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

Leave Electra alone

Come to the ritual

Feel his own remorse
25 Zeus says that if Orestes stays, he will be Orestes' ___.
guide

tutor

brother

friend

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