The Flies Quizzes

The Flies Quiz 1

1 Sartre is a pioneer of what philosophy?
Structuralism

Pragmatism

Existentialism

Skepticism
2 During what war was the play written and staged?
WWI

Franco-Prussian War

WWII

Napoleonic Wars
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

Ovid

Homer

Aeschylus
5 What city is the play set in?
Sparta

Argos

Athens

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

Ares

Athena

Zeus
7 With whom does Orestes travel to Argos?
His bodyguard

His tutor

His physician

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 ___.
dead

living

surrender

victory
10 Everyone in Argos is filled with ___.
lust

greed

remorse

rage
11 Who is Philebus?
A god

The tutor

Orestes' pseudonym

An Argive
12 Orestes laments the fact that he has no ___.
money

lover

learning

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

culture

wealth

many women
14 Orestes acknowledges that he has no memories but is ___.
rich

free

powerful

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

fall in love with an Argive woman and stay

try and usurp the throne

kill Aegistheus
16 Electra curses ___.
the statue of Zeus

Aegistheus

her mother

Argos
17 Electra brags to the statue that she is all of these things except ___.
alive

smart

clean

young
18 What is Electra's job?
A nurse

A priestess

A princess

A servant
19 Electra says she is waiting for ___.
her brother

her own death

a moment she can kill Aegistheus

her lover
20 Clytemnestra tells Electra she has to ___.
get ready for the ritual

leave the city

go confess her sins

go do her chores
21 Electra says what is Argos' national pastime?
Sport

Public confession

Dance and song

Anger and despair
22 Clytemnestra warns Electra that one day ___.
she will have her own inexpiable crime

she will anger the gods

she will delight in remorse and regret

she will leave Argos forever
23 What do the dead do?
Leave the city

Cry and sing

Murder the living

Mingle among the living
24 What does Clytemnestra tell Orestes/Philebus to do?
Feel his own remorse

Leave Electra alone

Leave the city

Come to the ritual
25 Zeus says that if Orestes stays, he will be Orestes' ___.
tutor

guide

brother

friend

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