The Flies Quizzes

The Flies Quiz 1

1 Sartre is a pioneer of what philosophy?
Structuralism

Existentialism

Skepticism

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

WWI

Franco-Prussian War

WWII
3 The play is meant to critique what?
Free France

Hitler and the Nazis

Vichy France

German Jews
4 The play is based on whose work?
Ovid

Homer

Sophocles

Aeschylus
5 What city is the play set in?
Corinth

Argos

Sparta

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

Zeus

Ares

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

His bodyguard

His tutor

His physician
8 What do Orestes and the tutor notice about Argos?
It is very hot.

Everyone is in black.

There are flies.

All of these
9 The city celebrates the day of the ___.
victory

surrender

dead

living
10 Everyone in Argos is filled with ___.
rage

remorse

lust

greed
11 Who is Philebus?
Orestes' pseudonym

The tutor

An Argive

A god
12 Orestes laments the fact that he has no ___.
memories

lover

learning

money
13 The tutor tries to remind Orestes of his ___.
culture

handsome looks

wealth

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

powerful

free

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

depart without coming to terms with his past

try and usurp the throne

fall in love with an Argive woman and stay
16 Electra curses ___.
the statue of Zeus

her mother

Argos

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

alive

young

clean
18 What is Electra's job?
A servant

A nurse

A princess

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

her own death

her lover

a moment she can kill Aegistheus
20 Clytemnestra tells Electra she has to ___.
get ready for the ritual

leave the city

go confess her sins

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

Public confession

Anger and despair

Dance and song
22 Clytemnestra warns Electra that one day ___.
she will delight in remorse and regret

she will have her own inexpiable crime

she will leave Argos forever

she will anger the gods
23 What do the dead do?
Murder the living

Cry and sing

Mingle among the living

Leave the city
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

friend

guide

tutor

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