The Chairs Quizzes

The Chairs Quiz 1

1 Who wrote The Chairs?

Tom Stoppard

Samuel Beckett

Arthur MIller

Eugene Ionesco
2 Which character is visible onstage?

The emperor

Madame Belle

The colonel

The orator
3 What does the man want to share with the world?

His song

His message

His theory

His painting
4 How are the guest presented in the play?

In shadow

As invisible

In the spotlight

From the back
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 trip to a garden in Paris

The story of their arrival at the tower

The story of their meeting the emperor

The story of the man's journey on the water
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

Theatricality

Generational rebellion

Communication
9 Who do the man and woman show their devotion to?

A dog

The orator

The colonel

The emperor
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 window

The door

The chairs
12 What is the man's job title?

Orator

Scholar

General factotum

General
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?

The woman's mother

A past love interest of the old man

A close friend of the woman

An assistant to the orator
15 Who does the man claim to have abandoned?

His general

His son

His sister

His ailing mother
16 How do the man and woman die?

They leap from the window

They perish in a fire

They drown in a flood

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

A square

A semiciricle

A pentagon

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

Laughing

A knock

A doorbell

Murmuring
19 What does the orator attempt to do after failing to speak?

Write on a blackboard

Duel the old man

Yell at the audience

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

With fury

With consternation

With surprise

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

A soldier

A dancer

An usher

An actor
22 Who wrote Waiting for Godot?

Sam Shepard

Samuel Beckett

James Joyce

Flann O'Brien
23 When was the play written?

1951

1956

1971

1952
24 Where was the play first performed?

Paris

London

Boston

New York
25 Where is the play set?

In a castle in the forest

In a countryside manor

In a tower enclosed by water

In a void

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