Waiting for Godot – Samuel Beckett MCQs Questions
Question. Before Pozzo leaves the first time, what does Lucky do to entertain everyone?
(a) Sings and dances
(b) Dances and thinks
(c) Cries and thinks
(d) Sings and cries
Answer
B
Question. What impediment does Lucky have in Act Two of Waiting for Godot?
(a) Blind
(b) Limping
(c) Mute
(d) Deaf
Answer
C
Question. While waiting for Godot, it is seen that of the two friends, Estragon
(a) Is stronger than Vladimir
(b) Is dependent on Vladimir
(c) Is handsomer than Vladimir
(d) Is cleverer than Vladimir
Answer
B
Question. Where are Estragon and Vladimir supposed to meet Godot?
(a) By the tree
(b) Near the stream
(c) In the desert
(d) Top of the hill
Answer
A
Question. How does Estragon describe Lucky’s dance?
(a) The Hard Stool
(b) The Net
(c) The Scapegoat’s Agony
(d) None of the above
Answer
C
Question. When Act I opens in Waiting for Godot, Estragon is
(a) making castles in the dirt
(b) staring off into space
(c) asleep
(d) trying to pull his boot off
Answer
D
Question. For Vladimir and Estragon, redemption and survival hangs on the arrival of
(a) Lucky
(b) Pozzo
(c) Godot
(d) The boy
Answer
C
Question. Pozzo says that Lucky has been serving him for nearly
(a) 30 years
(b) 40 years
(c) 50 years
(d) 60 years
Answer
D
Question. Who informs Pozzo and Lucky that Godot won’t be coming on the first day?
(a) Lucky
(b) Pozzo
(c) A boy
(d) Godot himself
Answer
C
Question. Who says the words, ‘To every man his little cross…Till he dies…And is forgotten?’
(a) Vladimir
(b) Estragon
(c) Godot
(d) Lucky
Answer
A
Question. . What has happened to Pozzo when he and Lucky return on the second night?
(a) He is blind
(b) His leg is broken
(c) He can’t speak
(d) He’s a different person
Answer
A
Question. Why has Estragon taken the rope out of his trousers?
(a) To capture Lucky
(b) To make a swing
(c) To hang himself
(d) To jump rope
Answer
C
Question. Who mentioned the two thieves on the crosses at Calvary in Waiting for Godot?
(a) Estragon
(b) Vladimir
(c) Lucky
(d) Pozzo
Answer
B
Question. Which character is addressed by the most names?
(a) Vladimir
(b) Estragon
(c) Pozzo
(d) Lucky
Answer
A
Question. What is Vladmir’s opinion of people
(a) Most are good-hearted
(b) Well-meaning but misguided
(c) They are ignorant apes
(d) All are a little crazy in some way
Answer
B
Question. Estragon and Vladimir said that if Godot did not turn up the next day, they would
(a) Never wait for him again
(b) Go home right away
(c) Hang themselves from the tree
(d) Kill the boy
Answer
C
Question. Beckett’s play is often described under the movement of
(a) Surrealism
(b) Naturalism
(c) Absurdism
(d) Modernism
Answer
C
Question. The characters in Waiting for Godot represent
(a) Businessmen
(b) Craftsmen
(c) Millionaires
(d) All of humanity
Answer
D
Question. 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,
(a) but he will surely come tomorrow
(b) and he will not be able to come to see them for some weeks
(c) because he has no intention of ever coming
(d) because he has already seen them
Answer
A
Question. Despite their differences, Vladimir and Estragon are
(a) Twins
(b) Both strong
(c) Both patient
(d) Interchangeable
Answer
D
Question. Before Pozzo leaves the first time, what does Lucky do to entertain everyone?
(a) Sings and dances
(b) Dances and thinks
(c) Cries and thinks
(d) Sings and cries
Answer
B
Question. Which characters of the New Testament’s Gospel are Estragon and Vladimir discussing at the beginning of the play?
(a) Mary and Joseph
(b) The two thieves
(c) Lazarus and Zacchaeus
(d) The apostles
Answer
B
Question. When Pozzo first enters, what does he reveal he is on his way to do?
(a) Meet Godot
(b) Kill someone
(c) Meet a lover
(d) Sell his slave
Answer
D
Question. What is Godot’s name thought to refer to?
(a) Mankind
(b) The universe
(c) The earth
(d) God
Answer
D
Question. How does Vladimir wish he and Estragon had committed suicide when they had the chance?
(a) Stepping in front of a train
(b) Hung themselves
(c) Jumped from the Eiffel Tower
(d) Taking all the pills in the house
Answer
C
Question. Which is not one of Estragon’s characteristics?
(a) Weakness
(b) Poor memory
(c) Egotistical
(d) Helplessness
Answer
C
Question. What item of Pozzo’s does Lucky carry?
(a) His whip
(b) His liquor
(c) His stool
(d) His shoes
Answer
C
Question. What is different about the tree Vladimir and Estragon stand by at the beginning of Act II?
(a) There is a noose
(b) It’s been chopped down
(c) It has leaves
(d) It’s been burned
Answer
C
Question. Why can’t Pozzo recognize Vladimir and Estragon after they finally helped him up?
(a) He hates them
(b) He’s forgotten them
(c) He’s blind
(d) He’s sick
Answer
C
Question. What do Estragon and Vladimir do after deciding to leave at the end of the play?
(a) Nothing
(b) They leave
(c) Kill each other
(d) Weep
Answer
A
Question. What is the name of the mistreated man who serves Pozzo?
(a) Blaze
(b) Bingo
(c) Lucky
(d) Fortunato
Answer
C
Question. What does Lucky decide to leave for someone else?
(a) His hat
(b) His pipe
(c) His boots
(d) His Bible
Answer
C
Question. What is Vladimir’s nickname?
(a) Gogo
(b) Didi
(c) Tricky
(d) Boy
Answer
B
Question. What is the first thing the audience sees Estragon doing?
(a) Standing still
(b) Making a noose
(c) Sleeping
(d) Taking off his boot
Answer
D
Question. Waiting for Godot is about the human condition and there are inherent themes of
(a) Existentialism
(b) Annihilation
(c) Survival
(d) Tragedy
Answer
A
Question. When the boy visits Vladimir and Estragon, he says Godot treats him well but beats his brother, who does not respect Godot as much. Which biblical brothers do the boy and his brother represent in the play?
(a) Jacob and Essau
(b) Cain and Abel
(c) Isaac and Ishmael
(d) Moses and Aaron
Answer
B
Question. The boy came to tell them that Godot would definitely turn up
(a) 2 days later
(b) That very evening
(c) The next day
(d) Next week
Answer
C
Question. What makes Estragon feel unwanted?
(a) Godot’s delays
(b) Pozzo’s dismissiveness
(c) Not having a job
(d) Vladimir’s singing
Answer
B
Question. What idea sounds appealing to both Vladimir and Estragon?
(a) To part company
(b) Committing suicide
(c) To cease waiting
(d) Robbing someone
Answer
B
Question. Which characters of the New Testament’s Gospels are Estragon and Vladimir discussing at the beginning of the play?
(a) Joseph and Mary
(b) The two thieves
(c) Lazarus and Zacchaeus
(d) The apostles
Answer
B
Question. When Vladimir asks the boy what he has been doing for Godot, the boy answers by stating that he minds the ______
Answer
Goats
Question. When Estragon tries to wipe Lucky’s tears, Lucky ____ him.
Answer
kicks
Question. After Vladimir and Estragon help Pozzo up, Lucky cannot recognize them because he is _______
Answer
blind
Question. When Pozzo first enters the play, he reveals he is on his way to ___________
Answer
sell his slave
Question. Pozzo and Lucky were informed by ______ that Godot would not be coming on the first day.
Answer
a boy
Question. Estragon and Vladimir discuss ______ from the New Testament Gospels at the beginning of the play.
Answer
the two thieves
Question. ___________ informs Pozzo and Lucky that Godot won’t be coming on the first day.
Answer
a boy
Question. The lone tree in the landscape in Waiting for Godot may symbolize the passage of time, the presence of life, and the changing of ________________
Answer
seasons
Question. The name of the mistreated man who serves Pozzo is _____
Answer
Lucky
Question. Estragon describes Lucky’s dance as ___________
Answer
The scapegoat’s agony
Question. For Vladimir and Estragon, redemption and salvation hangs on the arrival of ______
Answer
Godot
Question. In the play, Waiting for Godot,___________ keeps repeating, ‘nothing to be done.’
Answer
Estragon
Question. The nickname “Didi” in Waiting for Godot refers to ________
Answer
Vladimir
Question. Estragon and Vladimir are supposed to meet Godot by the __________
Answer
tree
Question. In Act II, Estragon says, “We are all born ______. Some remain so.”
Answer
mad
Question. Pozzo commands Lucky to dance and then __________
Answer
think
Question. Pozzo says that Lucky has been serving him for ____ years
Answer
60
Question. In Waiting for Godot, Pozzo intends to sell his captive at the ___________
Answer
Fair/circus
Question. Several times during the beginning of the first act in Waiting for Godot, Vladimir keeps taking off and putting back on his __________.
Answer
hat
Question. The characters in Waiting for Godot represent _______
Answer
humanity