The Fly Quizzes

The Fly Quiz: "The Fly"

1 What is Mr. Woodifield's opinion of the boss's office?
He admires it.

He is jealous of it.

He hates the decor.

It makes him sad.
2 Why does Mr. Woodifield rarely get out into the city these days?
His wife and daughters keep him at home.

He doesn't like to visit his friends.

Most of his friends have abandoned him.

He was fired from his job.
3 How does the boss feel about Mr. Woodifield's view of his office?
Satisfied at the attention

Jealous of Mr. Woodifield's own office

Sad about the death of his son

Embarrassed at the compliment
4 Which of the following does the boss NOT point out as an example of his recent office renovatioins?
New photograph of a boy in uniform

New furniture

New electric heating

New carpet
5 How old is the photograph of the boy in uniform?
Six years

Two days

Fifteen years

Six months
6 What happens to Mr. Woodifield when he can't remember what he was going to tell the boss?
He asks the boss for whisky.

He laughs jovially.

He starts to cry.

His hands tremble and his cheeks grow red.
7 What does the boss offer Mr. Woodifield?
Whisky

A seat

A job

Medicine
8 What does Mr. Woodifield say about the whisky?
He doesn't like it.

It's nutty.

It's sweet.

He shouldn't have it.
9 What effect does the whisky have on Mr. Woodifield?
It makes him sad.

It puts him to sleep.

It warms him.

It makes him drunk.
10 What does Mr. Woodifield remember that he wanted to tell the boss?
He wants to visit him again tomorrow.

His daughters found the boss' son's grave in Belgium.

His wife sends regards.

He wants to invite him over for dinner on the weekend.
11 What is Mr. Woodifield's opinion of the grave?
It is in poor shape.

It is in a dangerous part of town.

It should be at home, not in Belgium.

It is well-looked after.
12 What does the boss do as soon as Mr. Woodifield leaves his office?
Head to the train to go home

Have another whisky

Take a nap

Tell Macey that he doesn't want to see anyone for the next half hour
13 What is the boss' plan now that he is alone?
To weep

To eat his lunch

To drink more whisky

To carry on with his business
14 What does the boss expect to cry over?
His son's death last week

His son's death six years prior

His failed business

The fly in his office
15 What best describes the boss' feelings towards his son when he was alive?
Proud and expectant

Angry

Amazed

Disappointed
16 What was the boss' plan for his son before the war?
Becoming a professor

Starting his own business

Getting married and starting a family

Taking over his father's business
17 How did the boss' son adjust to the office?
Successfully and arrogantly

Successfully but everyone in the office hated him

Successfully but with humility

Incompetently
18 How did the boss first hear of his son's death?
His wife handed him a telegram at home.

He received a phone call in the office.

Macey handed him a telegram in the office.

A soldier came to his home to tell him personally.
19 What puzzles the boss as he contemplates his son's death?
He isn't crying or feeling the way he wants to feel.

He can't remember his son's face.

He is crying more than usual.

He feels just as sad as the day he heard the news of his son's death.
20 What does the fly do when the boss pulls it out of the ink pot?
It dies.

It jumps back in the ink pot.

It immediately flies out the window.

It begins to clean the ink off its body.
21 What does the boss do once the fly has cleaned itself?
Flick another drop of ink down on the fly

Squash the fly

Watch it and do nothing

Drop the fly out the window
22 How does the boss feel towards the fly as it cleans itself for a second time?
He feels a sense of revulsion towards it.

He admires its courage.

He feels inexplicably sad.

He is shocked it is still alive.
23 How many times does the boss flick ink down at the fly?
One time

Two times

Three times

Four times
24 What happens to the fly after the third ink droplet?
It dies.

It cleans itself off again.

It flies out the window.

It jumps in the ink pot.
25 What is the boss' emotional state in the final moments of the story?
Joyous

Wretched and frightened

Gloomy but passive

Bored

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