Waiting for Godot - Samuel Beckett Set 2

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This set of Drama 2 Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Waiting for Godot - Samuel Beckett Set 2

Q1 | Why has Estragon taken the rope out of his trousers?
  • To capture Lucky
  • To make a swing
  • To hang himself
  • To jump rope
Q2 | Who mentioned the two thieves on the crosses at Calvary in Waiting for Godot?
  • Estragon
  • Vladimir
  • Lucky
  • Pozzo
Q3 | How does Estragon describe Lucky’s dance?
  • The Hard Stool
  • The Net
  • The Scapegoat’s Agony
  • None of the above
Q4 | When Act I opens in Waiting for Godot, Estragon is
  • making castles in the dirt
  • staring off into space
  • asleep
  • trying to pull his boot off
Q5 | Beckett’s play is often described under the movement of
  • Surrealism
  • Naturalism
  • Absurdism
  • Modernism
Q6 | As Act I is ending in Waiting for Godot, the boy tells Estragon and Vladimir that Mr. Godot will not come to see them today,
  • but he will surely come tomorrow
  • and he will not be able to come to see them for some weeks
  • because he has no intention of ever coming
  • because he has already seen them
Q7 | What is Vladmir's opinion of people
  • Most are good-hearted
  • Well-meaning but misguided
  • They are ignorant apes
  • All are a little crazy in some way
Q8 | How does Vladimir wish he and Estragon had committed suicide when they had thechance?
  • Stepping in front of a train
  • Hung themselves
  • Jumped from the Eiffel Tower
  • Taking all the pills in the house
Q9 | What is the name of the mistreated man who serves Pozzo?
  • Blaze
  • Bingo
  • Lucky
  • Fortunato
Q10 | What does Lucky decide to leave for someone else?
  • His hat
  • His pipe
  • His boots
  • His Bible
Q11 | What makes Estragon feel unwanted?
  • Godot’s delays
  • Pozzo’s dismissiveness
  • Not having a job
  • Vladimir’s singing
Q12 | What idea sounds appealing to both Vladimir and Estragon?
  • To part company
  • Committing suicide
  • To cease waiting
  • Robbing someone