The Chairs Quizzes

The Chairs Quiz 1

1 Who wrote The Chairs?
Tom Stoppard

Samuel Beckett

Arthur MIller

Eugene Ionesco
2 Which character is visible onstage?
The emperor

Madame Belle

The colonel

The orator
3 What does the man want to share with the world?
His message

His song

His theory

His painting
4 How are the guest presented in the play?
From the back

In the spotlight

In shadow

As invisible
5 Who is first to arrive?
A woman

The colonel

The emperor

The orator
6 What story does the old woman ask to hear repeatedly?
The story of their trip to a garden in Paris

The story of their arrival at the tower

The story of their meeting the emperor

The story of the man's journey on the water
7 What is the climax of the play?
The orator's failed speech

The orator's arrival

The man and woman's deaths

The emperor's arrival
8 Which of the following is NOT a major theme in the play?
Theatricality

Communication

Generational rebellion

Status
9 Who do the man and woman show their devotion to?
The colonel

The orator

The emperor

A dog
10 Which objects are the central focus on the play?
Chairs

Windows

Boats

Doorbells
11 What does the woman tell the man to get away from at the beginning of the play?
A book

The door

The window

The chairs
12 What is the man's job title?
Orator

General factotum

General

Scholar
13 Besides the man and woman, who is the only other character who is portrayed by an actor in the play?
Madame Belle

The engraver

The colonel

The orator
14 Who is Madame Belle?
A past love interest of the old man

An assistant to the orator

The woman's mother

A close friend of the woman
15 Who does the man claim to have abandoned?
His ailing mother

His sister

His son

His general
16 How do the man and woman die?
They perish in a fire

They drown in a flood

They are crushed in a stampede of guests

They leap from the window
17 What is the shape of the room?
An octagon

A pentagon

A square

A semiciricle
18 What noise is heard each time a guest arrives?
A doorbell

A knock

Laughing

Murmuring
19 What does the orator attempt to do after failing to speak?
Write on a blackboard

Duel the old man

Fight the emperor

Yell at the audience
20 How do the old man and woman react to the orator's entry?
With surprise

With nonchalance

With consternation

With fury
21 What does the woman adopt the role of near the end of the play?
A dancer

An usher

An actor

A soldier
22 Who wrote Waiting for Godot?
Sam Shepard

Samuel Beckett

James Joyce

Flann O'Brien
23 When was the play written?
1951

1956

1952

1971
24 Where was the play first performed?
London

Boston

Paris

New York
25 Where is the play set?
In a tower enclosed by water

In a castle in the forest

In a countryside manor

In a void

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