The Flies Quizzes

The Flies Quiz 1

1 Sartre is a pioneer of what philosophy?
Existentialism

Structuralism

Skepticism

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

WWI

Franco-Prussian War

Napoleonic Wars
3 The play is meant to critique what?
Vichy France

Hitler and the Nazis

German Jews

Free France
4 The play is based on whose work?
Ovid

Sophocles

Homer

Aeschylus
5 What city is the play set in?
Argos

Athens

Corinth

Sparta
6 There is a statue of ___ in the Argos town square.
Athena

Poseidon

Ares

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

His physician

His friend

His bodyguard
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 ___.
surrender

victory

living

dead
10 Everyone in Argos is filled with ___.
lust

greed

rage

remorse
11 Who is Philebus?
An Argive

Orestes' pseudonym

A god

The tutor
12 Orestes laments the fact that he has no ___.
lover

learning

memories

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

many women

culture

handsome looks
14 Orestes acknowledges that he has no memories but is ___.
powerful

influential

rich

free
15 The tutor admits he was afraid Orestes would ___.
try and usurp the throne

kill Aegistheus

depart without coming to terms with his past

fall in love with an Argive woman and stay
16 Electra curses ___.
Aegistheus

her mother

the statue of Zeus

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

alive

smart

young
18 What is Electra's job?
A princess

A servant

A nurse

A priestess
19 Electra says she is waiting for ___.
her own death

her brother

a moment she can kill Aegistheus

her lover
20 Clytemnestra tells Electra she has to ___.
go do her chores

leave the city

get ready for the ritual

go confess her sins
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 delight in remorse and regret

she will leave Argos forever

she will anger the gods

she will have her own inexpiable crime
23 What do the dead do?
Cry and sing

Leave the city

Murder the living

Mingle among the living
24 What does Clytemnestra tell Orestes/Philebus to do?
Come to the ritual

Leave Electra alone

Leave the city

Feel his own remorse
25 Zeus says that if Orestes stays, he will be Orestes' ___.
brother

friend

tutor

guide

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