The Flies Quizzes

The Flies Quiz 1

1 Sartre is a pioneer of what philosophy?

Pragmatism

Structuralism

Skepticism

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

Napoleonic Wars

WWII

Franco-Prussian War

WWI
3 The play is meant to critique what?

Hitler and the Nazis

German Jews

Vichy France

Free France
4 The play is based on whose work?

Aeschylus

Sophocles

Homer

Ovid
5 What city is the play set in?

Corinth

Argos

Athens

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

Zeus

Athena

Poseidon

Ares
7 With whom does Orestes travel to Argos?

His tutor

His bodyguard

His physician

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

Everyone is in black.

It is very hot.

There are flies.

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

victory

surrender

living

dead
10 Everyone in Argos is filled with ___.

rage

remorse

lust

greed
11 Who is Philebus?

An Argive

A god

The tutor

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

money

learning

lover

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

many women

handsome looks

culture

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

rich

influential

free

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

fall in love with an Argive woman and stay

try and usurp the throne

depart without coming to terms with his past

kill Aegistheus
16 Electra curses ___.

her mother

the statue of Zeus

Aegistheus

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

young

alive

smart

clean
18 What is Electra's job?

A servant

A nurse

A priestess

A princess
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 ___.

get ready for the ritual

go confess her sins

leave the city

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

Dance and song

Anger and despair

Sport

Public confession
22 Clytemnestra warns Electra that one day ___.

she will leave Argos forever

she will have her own inexpiable crime

she will anger the gods

she will delight in remorse and regret
23 What do the dead do?

Cry and sing

Mingle among the living

Leave the city

Murder the living
24 What does Clytemnestra tell Orestes/Philebus to do?

Leave the city

Feel his own remorse

Leave Electra alone

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

friend

guide

tutor

brother

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