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?
Franco-Prussian War

Napoleonic Wars

WWII

WWI
3 The play is meant to critique what?
Hitler and the Nazis

Vichy France

German Jews

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

Aeschylus

Sophocles

Ovid
5 What city is the play set in?
Sparta

Argos

Corinth

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

Zeus

Poseidon

Ares
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.

Everyone is in black.

It is very hot.

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

dead

surrender

victory
10 Everyone in Argos is filled with ___.
greed

rage

remorse

lust
11 Who is Philebus?
The tutor

A god

An Argive

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

lover

money

memories
13 The tutor tries to remind Orestes of his ___.
many women

culture

handsome looks

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

influential

free

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

fall in love with an Argive woman and stay

kill Aegistheus

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

Aegistheus

the statue of Zeus

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

clean

young

alive
18 What is Electra's job?
A priestess

A nurse

A servant

A princess
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 ___.
get ready for the ritual

go confess her sins

leave the city

go do her chores
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 anger the gods

she will have her own inexpiable crime
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?
Feel his own remorse

Come to the ritual

Leave the city

Leave Electra alone
25 Zeus says that if Orestes stays, he will be Orestes' ___.
brother

friend

tutor

guide

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