The Chairs Quizzes

The Chairs Quiz 1

1 Who wrote The Chairs?

Tom Stoppard

Eugene Ionesco

Samuel Beckett

Arthur MIller
2 Which character is visible onstage?

The orator

Madame Belle

The emperor

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

His song

His painting

His theory

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

From the back

In the spotlight

As invisible

In shadow
5 Who is first to arrive?

A woman

The colonel

The orator

The emperor
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 arrival at the tower

The story of their meeting the emperor

The story of their trip to a garden in Paris
7 What is the climax of the play?

The emperor's arrival

The orator's failed speech

The man and woman's deaths

The orator's arrival
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 colonel

The orator

The emperor

A dog
10 Which objects are the central focus on the play?

Windows

Doorbells

Boats

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

A book

The window

The chairs

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

General

Scholar

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 engraver

The orator

The colonel

Madame Belle
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 sister

His general

His ailing mother

His son
16 How do the man and woman die?

They are crushed in a stampede of guests

They perish in a fire

They drown in a flood

They leap from the window
17 What is the shape of the room?

A semiciricle

A square

An octagon

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

A knock

Murmuring

Laughing

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

Yell at the audience

Write on a blackboard

Fight the emperor

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

With surprise

With fury

With consternation

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

A soldier

An usher

A dancer

An actor
22 Who wrote Waiting for Godot?

James Joyce

Flann O'Brien

Sam Shepard

Samuel Beckett
23 When was the play written?

1956

1952

1971

1951
24 Where was the play first performed?

Boston

London

Paris

New York
25 Where is the play set?

In a tower enclosed by water

In a castle in the forest

In a void

In a countryside manor

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