The Chairs Quizzes

The Chairs Quiz 1

1 Who wrote The Chairs?
Tom Stoppard

Eugene Ionesco

Arthur MIller

Samuel Beckett
2 Which character is visible onstage?
The orator

The emperor

Madame Belle

The colonel
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?
From the back

As invisible

In shadow

In the spotlight
5 Who is first to arrive?
The colonel

A woman

The orator

The emperor
6 What story does the old woman ask to hear repeatedly?
The story of their trip to a garden in Paris

The story of the man's journey on the water

The story of their meeting the emperor

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

The emperor's arrival

The orator's arrival

The orator's failed speech
8 Which of the following is NOT a major theme in the play?
Generational rebellion

Communication

Status

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

The orator

A dog

The colonel
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?
The window

The door

A book

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

General

Orator

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

The colonel

The engraver

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

A past love interest of the old man

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 leap from the window

They are crushed in a stampede of guests

They drown in a flood

They perish in a fire
17 What is the shape of the room?
A square

An octagon

A semiciricle

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

A doorbell

Murmuring

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

Duel the old man

Fight the emperor

Write on a blackboard
20 How do the old man and woman react to the orator's entry?
With consternation

With surprise

With fury

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

An actor

A soldier

An usher
22 Who wrote Waiting for Godot?
Samuel Beckett

Flann O'Brien

James Joyce

Sam Shepard
23 When was the play written?
1971

1951

1952

1956
24 Where was the play first performed?
New York

Boston

Paris

London
25 Where is the play set?
In a countryside manor

In a tower enclosed by water

In a void

In a castle in the forest

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