The Flies Quizzes

The Flies Quiz 1

1 Sartre is a pioneer of what philosophy?
Existentialism

Pragmatism

Skepticism

Structuralism
2 During what war was the play written and staged?
Franco-Prussian War

WWII

WWI

Napoleonic Wars
3 The play is meant to critique what?
Vichy France

German Jews

Free France

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

Sophocles

Ovid

Aeschylus
5 What city is the play set in?
Corinth

Argos

Athens

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

Athena

Zeus

Poseidon
7 With whom does Orestes travel to Argos?
His physician

His bodyguard

His tutor

His friend
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 ___.
dead

surrender

victory

living
10 Everyone in Argos is filled with ___.
lust

greed

rage

remorse
11 Who is Philebus?
A god

An Argive

Orestes' pseudonym

The tutor
12 Orestes laments the fact that he has no ___.
money

memories

learning

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

many women

handsome looks

culture
14 Orestes acknowledges that he has no memories but is ___.
influential

rich

powerful

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

fall in love with an Argive woman and stay

depart without coming to terms with his past

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

alive

clean
18 What is Electra's job?
A servant

A priestess

A princess

A nurse
19 Electra says she is waiting for ___.
a moment she can kill Aegistheus

her own death

her brother

her lover
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

Public confession

Sport

Anger and despair
22 Clytemnestra warns Electra that one day ___.
she will anger the gods

she will delight in remorse and regret

she will have her own inexpiable crime

she will leave Argos forever
23 What do the dead do?
Murder the living

Cry and sing

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' ___.
guide

tutor

brother

friend

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