The Chairs Quizzes

The Chairs Quiz 1

1 Who wrote The Chairs?
Tom Stoppard

Samuel Beckett

Eugene Ionesco

Arthur MIller
2 Which character is visible onstage?
Madame Belle

The orator

The colonel

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

His song

His theory

His message
4 How are the guest presented in the play?
From the back

In shadow

In the spotlight

As invisible
5 Who is first to arrive?
The colonel

The emperor

The orator

A woman
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 emperor's arrival

The orator's arrival

The orator's failed speech

The man and woman's deaths
8 Which of the following is NOT a major theme in the play?
Status

Generational rebellion

Communication

Theatricality
9 Who do the man and woman show their devotion to?
The colonel

The emperor

A dog

The orator
10 Which objects are the central focus on the play?
Doorbells

Boats

Chairs

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

The chairs

The window

The door
12 What is the man's job title?
Orator

Scholar

General

General factotum
13 Besides the man and woman, who is the only other character who is portrayed by an actor in the play?
Madame Belle

The colonel

The orator

The engraver
14 Who is Madame Belle?
A close friend of the woman

The woman's mother

An assistant to the orator

A past love interest of the old man
15 Who does the man claim to have abandoned?
His sister

His general

His ailing mother

His son
16 How do the man and woman die?
They are crushed in a stampede of guests

They leap from the window

They perish in a fire

They drown in a flood
17 What is the shape of the room?
A semiciricle

A square

A pentagon

An octagon
18 What noise is heard each time a guest arrives?
Murmuring

A doorbell

Laughing

A knock
19 What does the orator attempt to do after failing to speak?
Yell at the audience

Write on a blackboard

Duel the old man

Fight the emperor
20 How do the old man and woman react to the orator's entry?
With nonchalance

With surprise

With consternation

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

A soldier

An usher

A dancer
22 Who wrote Waiting for Godot?
James Joyce

Flann O'Brien

Samuel Beckett

Sam Shepard
23 When was the play written?
1951

1971

1956

1952
24 Where was the play first performed?
New York

Paris

Boston

London
25 Where is the play set?
In a void

In a tower enclosed by water

In a countryside manor

In a castle in the forest

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