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 orator

The colonel
3 What does the man want to share with the world?
His theory

His song

His message

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?
A woman

The emperor

The colonel

The orator
6 What story does the old woman ask to hear repeatedly?
The story of the man's journey on the water

The story of their meeting the emperor

The story of their trip to a garden in Paris

The story of their arrival at the tower
7 What is the climax of the play?
The orator's arrival

The orator's failed speech

The man and woman's deaths

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 colonel

The orator

The emperor
10 Which objects are the central focus on the play?
Chairs

Windows

Doorbells

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

A book

The chairs

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 engraver

The orator

The colonel
14 Who is Madame Belle?
A past love interest of the old man

An assistant to the orator

A close friend of the woman

The woman's mother
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 leap from the window

They are crushed in a stampede of guests
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?
A knock

A doorbell

Murmuring

Laughing
19 What does the orator attempt to do after failing to speak?
Duel the old man

Write on a blackboard

Fight the emperor

Yell at the audience
20 How do the old man and woman react to the orator's entry?
With fury

With nonchalance

With surprise

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

An usher

An actor

A soldier
22 Who wrote Waiting for Godot?
Flann O'Brien

Sam Shepard

James Joyce

Samuel Beckett
23 When was the play written?
1952

1956

1971

1951
24 Where was the play first performed?
London

Paris

Boston

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

In a countryside manor

In a castle in the forest

In a tower enclosed by water

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