The Flies Quizzes

The Flies Quiz 1

1 Sartre is a pioneer of what philosophy?
Existentialism

Structuralism

Pragmatism

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

Franco-Prussian War

WWII

WWI
3 The play is meant to critique what?
Vichy France

Hitler and the Nazis

German Jews

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

Aeschylus

Homer

Ovid
5 What city is the play set in?
Corinth

Sparta

Argos

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

Ares

Athena

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

His physician

His friend

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

There are flies.

It is very hot.

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

surrender

dead

living
10 Everyone in Argos is filled with ___.
lust

remorse

rage

greed
11 Who is Philebus?
Orestes' pseudonym

An Argive

A god

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

learning

memories

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

wealth

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 ___.
fall in love with an Argive woman and stay

depart without coming to terms with his past

kill Aegistheus

try and usurp the throne
16 Electra curses ___.
the statue of Zeus

Aegistheus

Argos

her mother
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 princess

A nurse

A servant

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

her own death

her lover

her brother
20 Clytemnestra tells Electra she has to ___.
leave the city

go do her chores

go confess her sins

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

Public confession

Dance and song

Anger and despair
22 Clytemnestra warns Electra that one day ___.
she will have her own inexpiable crime

she will leave Argos forever

she will delight in remorse and regret

she will anger the gods
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

Come to the ritual

Feel his own remorse

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

brother

guide

tutor

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