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