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Samuel Beckett
Contributed by: Guy
  • 1. In which country was Samuel Beckett born?
A) Ireland
B) England
C) France
D) United States
  • 2. What novel is often considered Samuel Beckett's most famous work?
A) Waiting for Godot
B) Murphy
C) Endgame
D) Molloy
  • 3. Which year did Samuel Beckett receive the Nobel Prize in Literature?
A) 1984
B) 1975
C) 1969
D) 1956
  • 4. In 'Endgame', Hamm is blind and unable to stand. Who is Hamm's servant?
A) Clov
B) Lucky
C) Vladimir
D) Estragon
  • 5. Beckett was associated with which literary movement known for its use of minimalism and understatement?
A) Naturalism
B) Theatre of the Absurd
C) Symbolism
D) Romanticism
  • 6. Which of Beckett's works is often considered the beginning of his 'trilogy' of novels?
A) Endgame
B) Molloy
C) Happy Days
D) Embers
  • 7. Who directed the first English-language production of 'Waiting for Godot' in 1955?
A) Orson Welles
B) Tennessee Williams
C) Harold Pinter
D) Peter Hall
  • 8. What is the name of the main character in Beckett's play 'Happy Days'?
A) Winnie
B) Martha
C) Sarah
D) Esther
  • 9. What is the opening line of Beckett's novel 'Molloy'?
A) The sun was setting as I stumbled into the village.
B) I am in my mother's room. It's I who live there now.
C) In the beginning, there was darkness.
D) Once a upon a time, in a faraway land...
  • 10. Which university did Samuel Beckett attend to study Romance languages?
A) Sorbonne University
B) Cambridge University
C) Harvard University
D) Trinity College Dublin
  • 11. What is the title of Samuel Beckett's radio play in which all characters are physically immobile?
A) Embers
B) Rough for Theatre I
C) Ohio Impromptu
D) All That Fall
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