The Flies Quizzes

The Flies Quiz 1

1 Sartre is a pioneer of what philosophy?

Existentialism

Skepticism

Pragmatism

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

Napoleonic Wars

WWII

WWI

Franco-Prussian War
3 The play is meant to critique what?

Vichy France

German Jews

Free France

Hitler and the Nazis
4 The play is based on whose work?

Ovid

Aeschylus

Homer

Sophocles
5 What city is the play set in?

Corinth

Sparta

Athens

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

Ares

Athena

Poseidon

Zeus
7 With whom does Orestes travel to Argos?

His physician

His friend

His bodyguard

His tutor
8 What do Orestes and the tutor notice about Argos?

It is very hot.

Everyone is in black.

There are flies.

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

living

victory

dead

surrender
10 Everyone in Argos is filled with ___.

lust

greed

remorse

rage
11 Who is Philebus?

Orestes' pseudonym

An Argive

The tutor

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

money

lover

learning

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

wealth

handsome looks

many women

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

influential

rich

free

powerful
15 The tutor admits he was afraid Orestes would ___.

kill Aegistheus

depart without coming to terms with his past

try and usurp the throne

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

the statue of Zeus

her mother

Argos

Aegistheus
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 princess

A nurse

A servant

A priestess
19 Electra says she is waiting for ___.

her brother

her lover

a moment she can kill Aegistheus

her own death
20 Clytemnestra tells Electra she has to ___.

go do her chores

leave the city

go confess her sins

get ready for the ritual
21 Electra says what is Argos' national pastime?

Dance and song

Sport

Anger and despair

Public confession
22 Clytemnestra warns Electra that one day ___.

she will delight in remorse and regret

she will have her own inexpiable crime

she will leave Argos forever

she will anger the gods
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

Come to the ritual

Leave Electra alone

Leave the city
25 Zeus says that if Orestes stays, he will be Orestes' ___.

guide

friend

tutor

brother

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