The Flies Quizzes

The Flies Quiz 1

1 Sartre is a pioneer of what philosophy?

Pragmatism

Existentialism

Skepticism

Structuralism
2 During what war was the play written and staged?

WWI

Napoleonic Wars

Franco-Prussian War

WWII
3 The play is meant to critique what?

Free France

Hitler and the Nazis

German Jews

Vichy France
4 The play is based on whose work?

Aeschylus

Homer

Ovid

Sophocles
5 What city is the play set in?

Argos

Athens

Sparta

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

Ares

Poseidon

Zeus

Athena
7 With whom does Orestes travel to Argos?

His bodyguard

His tutor

His physician

His friend
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 ___.

dead

surrender

victory

living
10 Everyone in Argos is filled with ___.

lust

greed

rage

remorse
11 Who is Philebus?

An Argive

A god

The tutor

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

money

memories

learning

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

wealth

culture

handsome looks

many women
14 Orestes acknowledges that he has no memories but is ___.

rich

influential

free

powerful
15 The tutor admits he was afraid Orestes would ___.

depart without coming to terms with his past

fall in love with an Argive woman and stay

kill Aegistheus

try and usurp the throne
16 Electra curses ___.

Argos

her mother

the statue of Zeus

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

clean

young

alive

smart
18 What is Electra's job?

A servant

A priestess

A nurse

A princess
19 Electra says she is waiting for ___.

her lover

her own death

her brother

a moment she can kill Aegistheus
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?

Dance and song

Anger and despair

Public confession

Sport
22 Clytemnestra warns Electra that one day ___.

she will leave Argos forever

she will delight in remorse and regret

she will anger the gods

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

Cry and sing

Murder the living

Mingle among the living

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

Come to the ritual

Leave the city

Feel his own remorse

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

brother

friend

tutor

guide

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