The Chairs Quizzes

The Chairs Quiz 1

1 Who wrote The Chairs?

Eugene Ionesco

Arthur MIller

Tom Stoppard

Samuel Beckett
2 Which character is visible onstage?

Madame Belle

The emperor

The colonel

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

His message

His painting

His theory

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

From the back

As invisible

In the spotlight

In shadow
5 Who is first to arrive?

The orator

The colonel

A woman

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

The story of their meeting the emperor

The story of the man's journey on the water

The story of their arrival at the tower

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?

Theatricality

Communication

Status

Generational rebellion
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?

Doorbells

Boats

Chairs

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

The window

A book

The door

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

General

General factotum

Orator

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

The colonel

Madame Belle

The engraver

The orator
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 ailing mother

His sister

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?

An octagon

A semiciricle

A pentagon

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

Laughing

A doorbell

A knock

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 nonchalance

With fury

With surprise

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

An usher

A dancer

An actor

A soldier
22 Who wrote Waiting for Godot?

Samuel Beckett

James Joyce

Sam Shepard

Flann O'Brien
23 When was the play written?

1952

1956

1951

1971
24 Where was the play first performed?

Boston

London

Paris

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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