The Chairs Quizzes

The Chairs Quiz 1

1 Who wrote The Chairs?
Samuel Beckett

Arthur MIller

Tom Stoppard

Eugene Ionesco
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 painting

His song

His theory
4 How are the guest presented in the play?
As invisible

In the spotlight

From the back

In shadow
5 Who is first to arrive?
The colonel

A woman

The emperor

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

The story of their trip to a garden in Paris

The story of the man's journey on the water

The story of their arrival at the tower
7 What is the climax of the play?
The man and woman's deaths

The orator's arrival

The orator's failed speech

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 colonel

The emperor

The orator

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

Windows

Doorbells

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

The chairs

The door

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

Orator

Scholar

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 engraver

The orator
14 Who is Madame Belle?
An assistant to the orator

The woman's mother

A past love interest of the old man

A close friend of the woman
15 Who does the man claim to have abandoned?
His ailing mother

His sister

His general

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

They perish in a fire

They are crushed in a stampede of guests

They leap from the window
17 What is the shape of the room?
A pentagon

A semiciricle

A square

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

A doorbell

Laughing

Murmuring
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 surprise

With nonchalance

With fury

With consternation
21 What does the woman adopt the role of near the end of the play?
A soldier

An usher

An actor

A dancer
22 Who wrote Waiting for Godot?
James Joyce

Samuel Beckett

Flann O'Brien

Sam Shepard
23 When was the play written?
1951

1956

1971

1952
24 Where was the play first performed?
London

Boston

Paris

New York
25 Where is the play set?
In a void

In a tower enclosed by water

In a castle in the forest

In a countryside manor

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