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?
WWII

WWI

Napoleonic Wars

Franco-Prussian War
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?
Ovid

Sophocles

Homer

Aeschylus
5 What city is the play set in?
Corinth

Athens

Sparta

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

Poseidon

Zeus

Ares
7 With whom does Orestes travel to Argos?
His physician

His tutor

His friend

His bodyguard
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

dead

surrender

living
10 Everyone in Argos is filled with ___.
lust

remorse

rage

greed
11 Who is Philebus?
An Argive

A god

Orestes' pseudonym

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

money

learning

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

handsome looks

wealth

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

influential

powerful

free
15 The tutor admits he was afraid Orestes would ___.
depart without coming to terms with his past

try and usurp the throne

kill Aegistheus

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

Argos

the statue of Zeus

Aegistheus
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 priestess

A servant

A nurse

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

her lover

her own death

a moment she can kill Aegistheus
20 Clytemnestra tells Electra she has to ___.
leave the city

go confess her sins

go do her chores

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

Anger and despair

Sport

Dance and song
22 Clytemnestra warns Electra that one day ___.
she will anger the gods

she will leave Argos forever

she will delight in remorse and regret

she will have her own inexpiable crime
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 the city

Leave Electra alone

Come to the ritual

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

guide

brother

tutor

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