The Chairs: Themes, Motifs, and Symbols Quiz: Quick Quiz

1 of 5
What term best describes the passage of time in The Chairs?

Cyclical
Fast
Inconsequential
Variable

2 of 5
What character represents Ionesco's role as a playwright and intellectual?

The photo-engraver
The Orator
The Old Man
All of the above

3 of 5
According to absurdist existential thought, what ascribes meaning to an otherwise absurd and meaningless existence?

Parody
Responsibility to greater good
Collaborative creativity
There is no meaning

4 of 5
Which of the following is not an example of self-conscious theatricality in The Chairs?

The guests
The Old Woman's amnesia
The chairs on set
The Orator's unintelligible delivery

5 of 5
What does the semi-circular stage design symbolize?

A circular, repetitive present
A missing, inaccessible past
The moon
Answers a) and b)

The Chairs

Themes, Motifs, and Symbols Quiz

1 of 5
What term best describes the passage of time in The Chairs?

2 of 5
What character represents Ionesco's role as a playwright and intellectual?

3 of 5
According to absurdist existential thought, what ascribes meaning to an otherwise absurd and meaningless existence?

4 of 5
Which of the following is not an example of self-conscious theatricality in The Chairs?

5 of 5
What does the semi-circular stage design symbolize?

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1 of 5 What term best describes the passage of time in The Chairs?

2 of 5 What character represents Ionesco's role as a playwright and intellectual?

3 of 5 According to absurdist existential thought, what ascribes meaning to an otherwise absurd and meaningless existence?

4 of 5 Which of the following is not an example of self-conscious theatricality in The Chairs?

5 of 5 What does the semi-circular stage design symbolize?

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1 of 5
What term best describes the passage of time in The Chairs?

2 of 5
What character represents Ionesco's role as a playwright and intellectual?

3 of 5
According to absurdist existential thought, what ascribes meaning to an otherwise absurd and meaningless existence?

4 of 5
Which of the following is not an example of self-conscious theatricality in The Chairs?

5 of 5
What does the semi-circular stage design symbolize?