The Flies Quizzes

The Flies Quiz 1

1 Sartre is a pioneer of what philosophy?
Pragmatism

Existentialism

Structuralism

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

Napoleonic Wars

WWII

Franco-Prussian War
3 The play is meant to critique what?
Hitler and the Nazis

German Jews

Free France

Vichy France
4 The play is based on whose work?
Homer

Sophocles

Ovid

Aeschylus
5 What city is the play set in?
Argos

Corinth

Sparta

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

Athena

Ares

Zeus
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.

Everyone is in black.

It is very hot.

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

living

surrender

victory
10 Everyone in Argos is filled with ___.
lust

remorse

greed

rage
11 Who is Philebus?
Orestes' pseudonym

The tutor

A god

An Argive
12 Orestes laments the fact that he has no ___.
money

learning

memories

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

many women

wealth

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

powerful

rich

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

kill Aegistheus

depart without coming to terms with his past

fall in love with an Argive woman and stay
16 Electra curses ___.
Aegistheus

her mother

Argos

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 princess

A servant

A nurse

A priestess
19 Electra says she is waiting for ___.
her brother

a moment she can kill Aegistheus

her own death

her lover
20 Clytemnestra tells Electra she has to ___.
go confess her sins

go do her chores

leave the city

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

Sport

Public confession

Dance and song
22 Clytemnestra warns Electra that one day ___.
she will anger the gods

she will leave Argos forever

she will delight in remorse and regret

she will have her own inexpiable crime
23 What do the dead do?
Murder the living

Leave the city

Cry and sing

Mingle among the living
24 What does Clytemnestra tell Orestes/Philebus to do?
Feel his own remorse

Leave Electra alone

Come to the ritual

Leave the city
25 Zeus says that if Orestes stays, he will be Orestes' ___.
tutor

guide

friend

brother

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