The Chairs Quizzes

The Chairs Quiz 1

1 Who wrote The Chairs?

Tom Stoppard

Arthur MIller

Eugene Ionesco

Samuel Beckett
2 Which character is visible onstage?

The emperor

The orator

Madame Belle

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

His message

His song

His painting

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

In shadow

In the spotlight

As invisible

From the back
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 arrival at the tower

The story of their meeting the emperor

The story of the man's journey on the water

The story of their trip to a garden in Paris
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?

Generational rebellion

Communication

Status

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

The colonel

The emperor

A dog

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

Boats

Windows

Chairs

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

The window

The chairs

A book

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

Scholar

General

General factotum

Orator
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 orator

The engraver
14 Who is Madame Belle?

The woman's mother

A past love interest of the old man

An assistant to the orator

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

His sister

His ailing mother

His son

His general
16 How do the man and woman die?

They perish in a fire

They are crushed in a stampede of guests

They leap from the window

They drown in a flood
17 What is the shape of the room?

A pentagon

A semiciricle

An octagon

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

Murmuring

A doorbell

A knock

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

Fight the emperor

Yell at the audience

Duel the old man

Write on a blackboard
20 How do the old man and woman react to the orator's entry?

With surprise

With nonchalance

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?

Samuel Beckett

Flann O'Brien

Sam Shepard

James Joyce
23 When was the play written?

1951

1971

1956

1952
24 Where was the play first performed?

Paris

New York

Boston

London
25 Where is the play set?

In a countryside manor

In a void

In a tower enclosed by water

In a castle in the forest

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