The Chairs Quizzes

The Chairs Quiz 1

1 Who wrote The Chairs?
Eugene Ionesco

Tom Stoppard

Samuel Beckett

Arthur MIller
2 Which character is visible onstage?
The colonel

Madame Belle

The orator

The emperor
3 What does the man want to share with the world?
His song

His painting

His message

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

As invisible

In shadow

In the spotlight
5 Who is first to arrive?
The colonel

The orator

A woman

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

The story of the man's journey on the water

The story of their arrival at the tower

The story of their meeting the emperor
7 What is the climax of the play?
The orator's failed speech

The man and woman's deaths

The emperor's arrival

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

Theatricality

Generational rebellion

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

The orator

A dog

The emperor
10 Which objects are the central focus on the play?
Doorbells

Windows

Chairs

Boats
11 What does the woman tell the man to get away from at the beginning of the play?
The door

A book

The window

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

Scholar

General

General factotum
13 Besides the man and woman, who is the only other character who is portrayed by an actor in the play?
The colonel

The orator

Madame Belle

The engraver
14 Who is Madame Belle?
An assistant to the orator

A past love interest of the old man

A close friend of the woman

The woman's mother
15 Who does the man claim to have abandoned?
His sister

His ailing mother

His son

His general
16 How do the man and woman die?
They are crushed in a stampede of guests

They drown in a flood

They leap from the window

They perish in a fire
17 What is the shape of the room?
A pentagon

A square

An octagon

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

Laughing

A doorbell

Murmuring
19 What does the orator attempt to do after failing to speak?
Fight the emperor

Duel the old man

Write on a blackboard

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

With fury

With surprise

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

A soldier

An usher

An actor
22 Who wrote Waiting for Godot?
Flann O'Brien

James Joyce

Samuel Beckett

Sam Shepard
23 When was the play written?
1952

1971

1951

1956
24 Where was the play first performed?
Paris

London

Boston

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

In a void

In a countryside manor

In a castle in the forest

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