The Flies Quizzes

The Flies Quiz 1

By Kristen Osborne-Bartucca · Last reviewed December 01, 2017

1 Sartre is a pioneer of what philosophy?

Structuralism

Pragmatism

Skepticism

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

Franco-Prussian War

WWII

WWI

Napoleonic Wars
3 The play is meant to critique what?

German Jews

Vichy France

Free France

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

Ovid

Aeschylus

Sophocles

Homer
5 What city is the play set in?

Argos

Corinth

Athens

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

Athena

Zeus

Poseidon

Ares
7 With whom does Orestes travel to Argos?

His tutor

His bodyguard

His friend

His physician
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 ___.

victory

surrender

dead

living
10 Everyone in Argos is filled with ___.

remorse

lust

rage

greed
11 Who is Philebus?

Orestes' pseudonym

The tutor

A god

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

money

memories

lover

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

culture

handsome looks

wealth

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

powerful

rich

influential

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

try and usurp the throne

kill Aegistheus

fall in love with an Argive woman and stay

depart without coming to terms with his past
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

clean

smart

alive
18 What is Electra's job?

A princess

A servant

A nurse

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?

Sport

Anger and despair

Public confession

Dance and song
22 Clytemnestra warns Electra that one day ___.

she will delight in remorse and regret

she will leave Argos forever

she will have her own inexpiable crime

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

Leave the city

Murder the living

Cry and sing

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

Feel his own remorse

Leave the city

Leave Electra alone

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

guide

brother

friend

tutor

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