The Chairs Quizzes

The Chairs Quiz 1

1 Who wrote The Chairs?
Samuel Beckett

Eugene Ionesco

Tom Stoppard

Arthur MIller
2 Which character is visible onstage?
Madame Belle

The colonel

The emperor

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

His song

His message

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

As invisible

From the back

In shadow
5 Who is first to arrive?
The colonel

A woman

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 orator's failed speech

The man and woman's deaths

The emperor's arrival

The orator's arrival
8 Which of the following is NOT a major theme in the play?
Generational rebellion

Theatricality

Communication

Status
9 Who do the man and woman show their devotion to?
The orator

The colonel

The emperor

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

Chairs

Doorbells

Boats
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?
Orator

General factotum

Scholar

General
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?
A past love interest of the old man

The woman's mother

An assistant to the orator

A close friend of the woman
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 are crushed in a stampede of guests

They leap from the window

They perish in a fire
17 What is the shape of the room?
A square

A semiciricle

An octagon

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

A knock

Murmuring

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

Duel the old man

Fight the emperor

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

With fury

With consternation

With surprise
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?
Flann O'Brien

James Joyce

Samuel Beckett

Sam Shepard
23 When was the play written?
1971

1956

1951

1952
24 Where was the play first performed?
New York

London

Boston

Paris
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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