The Flies Quizzes

The Flies Quiz 1

1 Sartre is a pioneer of what philosophy?

Skepticism

Structuralism

Existentialism

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

Franco-Prussian War

WWI

WWII

Napoleonic Wars
3 The play is meant to critique what?

Vichy France

Hitler and the Nazis

Free France

German Jews
4 The play is based on whose work?

Sophocles

Ovid

Homer

Aeschylus
5 What city is the play set in?

Sparta

Argos

Athens

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

Poseidon

Athena

Ares

Zeus
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 ___.

victory

surrender

living

dead
10 Everyone in Argos is filled with ___.

remorse

lust

greed

rage
11 Who is Philebus?

Orestes' pseudonym

An Argive

A god

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

money

learning

memories

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

culture

wealth

many women

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

rich

free

powerful

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

fall in love with an Argive woman and stay

depart without coming to terms with his past

kill Aegistheus

try and usurp the throne
16 Electra curses ___.

Argos

her mother

Aegistheus

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

alive

smart

young

clean
18 What is Electra's job?

A nurse

A princess

A priestess

A servant
19 Electra says she is waiting for ___.

a moment she can kill Aegistheus

her brother

her own death

her lover
20 Clytemnestra tells Electra she has to ___.

go do her chores

get ready for the ritual

leave the city

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 leave Argos forever

she will delight in remorse and regret

she will anger the gods

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

Mingle among the living

Leave the city

Cry and sing

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

Leave Electra alone

Leave the city

Come to the ritual

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

brother

tutor

guide

friend

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