The Flies Quizzes

The Flies Quiz 1

1 Sartre is a pioneer of what philosophy?
Structuralism

Existentialism

Skepticism

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

Franco-Prussian War

WWI

Napoleonic Wars
3 The play is meant to critique what?
Hitler and the Nazis

Free France

German Jews

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

Homer

Aeschylus

Sophocles
5 What city is the play set in?
Argos

Athens

Corinth

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

Zeus

Ares

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

His tutor

His friend

His physician
8 What do Orestes and the tutor notice about Argos?
It is very hot.

There are flies.

Everyone is in black.

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

surrender

victory

living
10 Everyone in Argos is filled with ___.
rage

greed

remorse

lust
11 Who is Philebus?
An Argive

A god

The tutor

Orestes' pseudonym
12 Orestes laments the fact that he has no ___.
money

lover

learning

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

wealth

handsome looks

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

powerful

influential

free
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

kill Aegistheus

try and usurp the throne
16 Electra curses ___.
Aegistheus

Argos

her mother

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

alive

clean

young
18 What is Electra's job?
A nurse

A servant

A priestess

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

her own death

her brother

a moment she can kill Aegistheus
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?
Public confession

Sport

Anger and despair

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

she will leave Argos forever

she will delight in remorse and regret

she will anger the gods
23 What do the dead do?
Murder the living

Mingle among the living

Leave the city

Cry and sing
24 What does Clytemnestra tell Orestes/Philebus to do?
Leave Electra alone

Feel his own remorse

Leave the city

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

tutor

friend

brother

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