The Flies Quizzes

The Flies Quiz 1

1 Sartre is a pioneer of what philosophy?
Skepticism

Pragmatism

Structuralism

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?
Vichy France

Free France

German Jews

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

Homer

Ovid

Sophocles
5 What city is the play set in?
Sparta

Athens

Argos

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

Poseidon

Ares

Zeus
7 With whom does Orestes travel to Argos?
His tutor

His friend

His physician

His bodyguard
8 What do Orestes and the tutor notice about Argos?
Everyone is in black.

It is very hot.

There are flies.

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

living

victory

surrender
10 Everyone in Argos is filled with ___.
rage

greed

remorse

lust
11 Who is Philebus?
A god

Orestes' pseudonym

An Argive

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

money

learning

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

many women

culture

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

powerful

rich

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

depart without coming to terms with his past

fall in love with an Argive woman and stay

try and usurp the throne
16 Electra curses ___.
Argos

her mother

Aegistheus

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

alive

clean

smart
18 What is Electra's job?
A servant

A nurse

A priestess

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

her lover

a moment she can kill Aegistheus

her brother
20 Clytemnestra tells Electra she has to ___.
go do her chores

go confess her sins

leave the city

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

Sport

Dance and song

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

she will leave Argos forever

she will have her own inexpiable crime

she will delight in remorse and regret
23 What do the dead do?
Cry and sing

Mingle among the living

Leave the city

Murder the living
24 What does Clytemnestra tell Orestes/Philebus to do?
Leave the city

Leave Electra alone

Feel his own remorse

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

tutor

friend

guide

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