The Flies Quizzes

The Flies Quiz 1

1 Sartre is a pioneer of what philosophy?

Structuralism

Existentialism

Skepticism

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

WWI

WWII

Franco-Prussian War

Napoleonic Wars
3 The play is meant to critique what?

Free France

Hitler and the Nazis

Vichy France

German Jews
4 The play is based on whose work?

Homer

Aeschylus

Sophocles

Ovid
5 What city is the play set in?

Sparta

Corinth

Athens

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

Zeus

Ares

Poseidon

Athena
7 With whom does Orestes travel to Argos?

His physician

His tutor

His friend

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 ___.

victory

surrender

dead

living
10 Everyone in Argos is filled with ___.

rage

lust

remorse

greed
11 Who is Philebus?

An Argive

Orestes' pseudonym

A god

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

memories

lover

learning

money
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 ___.

rich

powerful

free

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

try and usurp the throne

depart without coming to terms with his past

kill Aegistheus

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

Aegistheus

the statue of Zeus

her mother

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

clean

young

smart

alive
18 What is Electra's job?

A priestess

A princess

A servant

A nurse
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

leave the city

get ready for the ritual

go do her chores
21 Electra says what is Argos' national pastime?

Dance and song

Public confession

Anger and despair

Sport
22 Clytemnestra warns Electra that one day ___.

she will have her own inexpiable crime

she will delight in remorse and regret

she will leave Argos forever

she will anger the gods
23 What do the dead do?

Leave the city

Mingle among the living

Murder the living

Cry and sing
24 What does Clytemnestra tell Orestes/Philebus to do?

Leave Electra alone

Leave the city

Come to the ritual

Feel his own remorse
25 Zeus says that if Orestes stays, he will be Orestes' ___.

friend

brother

guide

tutor

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