The Chairs Quizzes

The Chairs Quiz 1

1 Who wrote The Chairs?
Eugene Ionesco

Samuel Beckett

Arthur MIller

Tom Stoppard
2 Which character is visible onstage?
The colonel

Madame Belle

The emperor

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

His painting

His song

His theory
4 How are the guest presented in the play?
As invisible

In shadow

In the spotlight

From the back
5 Who is first to arrive?
The colonel

A woman

The emperor

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

The story of the man's journey on the water
7 What is the climax of the play?
The orator's arrival

The emperor's arrival

The orator's failed speech

The man and woman's deaths
8 Which of the following is NOT a major theme in the play?
Theatricality

Generational rebellion

Communication

Status
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?
Boats

Chairs

Windows

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

The door

A book

The window
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 engraver

Madame Belle

The orator

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

An assistant to the orator

The woman's mother

A close friend of the woman
15 Who does the man claim to have abandoned?
His son

His sister

His ailing mother

His general
16 How do the man and woman die?
They leap from the window

They perish in a fire

They drown in a flood

They are crushed in a stampede of guests
17 What is the shape of the room?
A pentagon

A square

An octagon

A semiciricle
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 fury

With surprise

With nonchalance

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

A dancer

An actor

An usher
22 Who wrote Waiting for Godot?
Sam Shepard

Samuel Beckett

James Joyce

Flann O'Brien
23 When was the play written?
1971

1952

1951

1956
24 Where was the play first performed?
Paris

New York

London

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

In a castle in the forest

In a void

In a tower enclosed by water

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