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

Napoleonic Wars

WWI

WWII
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?
Aeschylus

Homer

Sophocles

Ovid
5 What city is the play set in?
Argos

Athens

Sparta

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

Ares

Poseidon

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

His friend

His tutor

His physician
8 What do Orestes and the tutor notice about Argos?
Everyone is in black.

There are flies.

It is very hot.

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

living

victory

surrender
10 Everyone in Argos is filled with ___.
lust

remorse

greed

rage
11 Who is Philebus?
Orestes' pseudonym

An Argive

The tutor

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

money

learning

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

culture

wealth

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

rich

influential

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

try and usurp the throne

fall in love with an Argive woman and stay

depart without coming to terms with his past
16 Electra curses ___.
her mother

Aegistheus

Argos

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

young

smart

clean
18 What is Electra's job?
A princess

A priestess

A nurse

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

her brother

her own death

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

go do her chores

go confess her sins

get ready for the ritual
21 Electra says what is Argos' national pastime?
Anger and despair

Dance and song

Public confession

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

she will anger the gods

she will leave Argos forever

she will delight in remorse and regret
23 What do the dead do?
Leave the city

Mingle among the living

Cry and sing

Murder the living
24 What does Clytemnestra tell Orestes/Philebus to do?
Leave the city

Feel his own remorse

Leave Electra alone

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

tutor

friend

guide

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