The Flies Quizzes

The Flies Quiz 1

1 Sartre is a pioneer of what philosophy?
Skepticism

Structuralism

Pragmatism

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

WWII

WWI

Napoleonic Wars
3 The play is meant to critique what?
Vichy France

Hitler and the Nazis

Free France

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

Aeschylus

Homer

Ovid
5 What city is the play set in?
Sparta

Athens

Corinth

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

Ares

Zeus

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

His physician

His tutor

His bodyguard
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 ___.
living

surrender

victory

dead
10 Everyone in Argos is filled with ___.
greed

remorse

rage

lust
11 Who is Philebus?
A god

Orestes' pseudonym

An Argive

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

memories

learning

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

wealth

culture

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

rich

powerful

influential
15 The tutor admits he was afraid Orestes would ___.
depart without coming to terms with his past

fall in love with an Argive woman and stay

kill Aegistheus

try and usurp the throne
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 ___.
alive

smart

young

clean
18 What is Electra's job?
A princess

A nurse

A priestess

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

a moment she can kill Aegistheus

her own death

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?
Sport

Anger and despair

Public confession

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

she will anger the gods

she will leave Argos forever

she will have her own inexpiable crime
23 What do the dead do?
Mingle among the living

Leave the city

Murder the living

Cry and sing
24 What does Clytemnestra tell Orestes/Philebus to do?
Feel his own remorse

Leave the city

Come to the ritual

Leave Electra alone
25 Zeus says that if Orestes stays, he will be Orestes' ___.
friend

brother

guide

tutor

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