The Flies Quizzes

The Flies Quiz 1

1 Sartre is a pioneer of what philosophy?
Existentialism

Pragmatism

Skepticism

Structuralism
2 During what war was the play written and staged?
WWII

Napoleonic Wars

Franco-Prussian War

WWI
3 The play is meant to critique what?
Vichy France

Hitler and the Nazis

Free France

German Jews
4 The play is based on whose work?
Sophocles

Aeschylus

Homer

Ovid
5 What city is the play set in?
Argos

Athens

Sparta

Corinth
6 There is a statue of ___ in the Argos town square.
Ares

Athena

Zeus

Poseidon
7 With whom does Orestes travel to Argos?
His physician

His bodyguard

His tutor

His friend
8 What do Orestes and the tutor notice about Argos?
Everyone is in black.

There are flies.

It is very hot.

All of these
9 The city celebrates the day of the ___.
living

dead

surrender

victory
10 Everyone in Argos is filled with ___.
lust

greed

remorse

rage
11 Who is Philebus?
The tutor

An Argive

Orestes' pseudonym

A god
12 Orestes laments the fact that he has no ___.
learning

lover

memories

money
13 The tutor tries to remind Orestes of his ___.
handsome looks

many women

wealth

culture
14 Orestes acknowledges that he has no memories but is ___.
free

powerful

influential

rich
15 The tutor admits he was afraid Orestes would ___.
depart without coming to terms with his past

try and usurp the throne

fall in love with an Argive woman and stay

kill Aegistheus
16 Electra curses ___.
Aegistheus

the statue of Zeus

Argos

her mother
17 Electra brags to the statue that she is all of these things except ___.
smart

young

clean

alive
18 What is Electra's job?
A priestess

A servant

A princess

A nurse
19 Electra says she is waiting for ___.
her lover

her brother

her own death

a moment she can kill Aegistheus
20 Clytemnestra tells Electra she has to ___.
go do her chores

get ready for the ritual

go confess her sins

leave the city
21 Electra says what is Argos' national pastime?
Dance and song

Anger and despair

Public confession

Sport
22 Clytemnestra warns Electra that one day ___.
she will leave Argos forever

she will have her own inexpiable crime

she will delight in remorse and regret

she will anger the gods
23 What do the dead do?
Cry and sing

Murder the living

Mingle among the living

Leave the city
24 What does Clytemnestra tell Orestes/Philebus to do?
Leave the city

Come to the ritual

Feel his own remorse

Leave Electra alone
25 Zeus says that if Orestes stays, he will be Orestes' ___.
tutor

friend

guide

brother

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