The Chairs Quizzes

The Chairs Quiz 1

1 Who wrote The Chairs?

Samuel Beckett

Eugene Ionesco

Arthur MIller

Tom Stoppard
2 Which character is visible onstage?

The emperor

The colonel

The orator

Madame Belle
3 What does the man want to share with the world?

His theory

His message

His painting

His song
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

The emperor

The orator

A woman
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 arrival at the tower

The story of their meeting the emperor
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?

Theatricality

Generational rebellion

Status

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

The colonel

The orator

A dog

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

Doorbells

Chairs

Boats

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

The chairs

The window

The door

A book
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?

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 ailing mother

His general

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?

A pentagon

An octagon

A square

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

A doorbell

Murmuring

Laughing

A knock
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 nonchalance

With surprise

With consternation

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

An actor

A soldier

An usher

A dancer
22 Who wrote Waiting for Godot?

Sam Shepard

Samuel Beckett

James Joyce

Flann O'Brien
23 When was the play written?

1971

1951

1952

1956
24 Where was the play first performed?

Paris

New York

Boston

London
25 Where is the play set?

In a castle in the forest

In a countryside manor

In a void

In a tower enclosed by water

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