The Flies Quizzes

The Flies Quiz 1

1 Sartre is a pioneer of what philosophy?
Existentialism

Pragmatism

Skepticism

Structuralism
2 During what war was the play written and staged?
Franco-Prussian War

WWII

Napoleonic Wars

WWI
3 The play is meant to critique what?
German Jews

Free France

Hitler and the Nazis

Vichy France
4 The play is based on whose work?
Sophocles

Aeschylus

Homer

Ovid
5 What city is the play set in?
Sparta

Argos

Athens

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

Zeus

Ares

Athena
7 With whom does Orestes travel to Argos?
His bodyguard

His physician

His friend

His tutor
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 ___.
dead

surrender

victory

living
10 Everyone in Argos is filled with ___.
greed

lust

rage

remorse
11 Who is Philebus?
Orestes' pseudonym

An Argive

A god

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

memories

lover

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

wealth

many women

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

influential

rich

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 ___.
Aegistheus

Argos

her mother

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

clean

young

smart
18 What is Electra's job?
A princess

A priestess

A nurse

A servant
19 Electra says she is waiting for ___.
her own death

her lover

a moment she can kill Aegistheus

her brother
20 Clytemnestra tells Electra she has to ___.
leave the city

get ready for the ritual

go confess her sins

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

Anger and despair

Dance and song

Sport
22 Clytemnestra warns Electra that one day ___.
she will have her own inexpiable crime

she will delight in remorse and regret

she will anger the gods

she will leave Argos forever
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 Electra alone

Leave the city

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

tutor

guide

friend

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