The Chairs Quizzes

The Chairs Quiz 1

1 Who wrote The Chairs?
Eugene Ionesco

Tom Stoppard

Arthur MIller

Samuel Beckett
2 Which character is visible onstage?
The colonel

Madame Belle

The orator

The emperor
3 What does the man want to share with the world?
His message

His theory

His painting

His song
4 How are the guest presented in the play?
In shadow

In the spotlight

From the back

As invisible
5 Who is first to arrive?
The orator

A woman

The colonel

The emperor
6 What story does the old woman ask to hear repeatedly?
The story of their meeting the emperor

The story of their arrival at the tower

The story of the man's journey on the water

The story of their trip to a garden in Paris
7 What is the climax of the play?
The orator's failed speech

The man and woman's deaths

The orator's arrival

The emperor's arrival
8 Which of the following is NOT a major theme in the play?
Communication

Theatricality

Generational rebellion

Status
9 Who do the man and woman show their devotion to?
The orator

The emperor

The colonel

A dog
10 Which objects are the central focus on the play?
Chairs

Doorbells

Boats

Windows
11 What does the woman tell the man to get away from at the beginning of the play?
The chairs

The door

A book

The window
12 What is the man's job title?
General factotum

Scholar

General

Orator
13 Besides the man and woman, who is the only other character who is portrayed by an actor in the play?
The engraver

The orator

The colonel

Madame Belle
14 Who is Madame Belle?
A past love interest of the old man

An assistant to the orator

A close friend of the woman

The woman's mother
15 Who does the man claim to have abandoned?
His sister

His ailing mother

His general

His son
16 How do the man and woman die?
They drown in a flood

They leap from the window

They perish in a fire

They are crushed in a stampede of guests
17 What is the shape of the room?
A semiciricle

A pentagon

An octagon

A square
18 What noise is heard each time a guest arrives?
Laughing

Murmuring

A knock

A doorbell
19 What does the orator attempt to do after failing to speak?
Write on a blackboard

Yell at the audience

Fight the emperor

Duel the old man
20 How do the old man and woman react to the orator's entry?
With consternation

With fury

With surprise

With nonchalance
21 What does the woman adopt the role of near the end of the play?
An actor

A soldier

A dancer

An usher
22 Who wrote Waiting for Godot?
Samuel Beckett

James Joyce

Flann O'Brien

Sam Shepard
23 When was the play written?
1952

1956

1951

1971
24 Where was the play first performed?
Paris

New York

Boston

London
25 Where is the play set?
In a void

In a castle in the forest

In a countryside manor

In a tower enclosed by water

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