MCQs – Waiting for Godot Play by Samuel BeckettBy: Prof. Dr. Fazal Rehman | Last updated: May 8, 2025 47 Score: 0 Attempted: 0/47 Subscribe 1. : In past, Vladimir and Estragon’s condition was: (A) Same as in present (B) Worse than the present (C) Better than the present (D) None of A, B, and C Answer: (C) Better than the present 2. : “Waiting for Godot” is a: (A) Tragic Comedy (B) Comic Play (C) Tragic Play (D) None of A, B, and C Answer: (A) Tragic Comedy 3. : What are the diminutive names of Estragon and Vladimir? (A) Gogo and Didi (B) Nick and Bob (C) Dick and Ben (D) None of A, B, and C Answer: (A) Gogo and Didi 4. : In the past, Estragon and Vladimir worked together in: (A) Macon Country (B) A Workshop (C) A Factory (D) None of A, B, and C Answer: (A) Macon Country 5. : Beckett was awarded the “Nobel Prize for Literature”: (A) 17 years after the first performance of Waiting for Godot (B) 16 years after the first performance of Waiting for Godot (C) 18 years after the first performance of Waiting for Godot (D) None of A, B, and C Answer: (B) 16 years after the first performance of Waiting for Godot 6. : Beckett lectured in English at the Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris from: (A) 1928 to 1930 (B) 1928 to 1929 (C) 1927 to 1928 (D) None of A, B, and C Answer: (A) 1928 to 1930 7. : Beckett lectured in French at T.C.D. from: (A) 1930 to 1932 (B) 1931 to 1933 (C) 1930 to 1933 (D) None of A, B, and C Answer: (A) 1930 to 1932 8. : Waiting for Godot was originally written in: (A) English (B) French (C) German (D) None of A, B, and C Answer: (B) French 9. : Beckett finally settled in: (A) London (B) Paris (C) Germany (D) None of A, B, and C Answer: (B) Paris 10. : Godot’s white beard reminds us of the image of the: (A) Aspect of Godot (B) Old father (C) Christ (D) None of A, B, and C Answer: (B) Old father 11. : What are the names of the two tramps? (A) Estragon and Vladimir (B) Mike and Tome (C) Pozzo and Lucky (D) None of A, B, and C Answer: (A) Estragon and Vladimir 12. : According to the boy who brings the message, Godot has a: (A) No Beard at all (B) Black Beard (C) White Beard Answer: (C) White Beard 13. : What are the names of the Master and Slave? (A) Pozzo and Lucky (B) Estragon and Vladimir (C) Nick and Herry (D) None of A, B, and C Answer: (A) Pozzo and Lucky 14. : What happened to Pozzo and Lucky in Act II? (A) They pass away (B) One of them pass away (C) They became blind and dumb Answer: (C) They became blind and dumb 15. : Who has a kidney problem? (A) Estragon (B) Vladimir (C) Pozzo (D) None of A, B, and C Answer: (B) Vladimir 16. : Where the two tramps are waiting for Godot? (A) In an inn (B) On a country road near a tree (C) In a house (D) None of A, B, and C Answer: (B) On a country road near a tree 17. : The two tramps in the play are symbols of: (A) Common humanity (B) Artists (C) Godot (D) None of A, B, and C Answer: (A) Common humanity 18. : What message does the boy bring for Estragon and Vladimir? (A) Godot will come today (B) Godot will not come today (C) Godot will never come (D) None of A, B, and C Answer: (B) Godot will not come today 19. : Waiting for Godot had appeared in the book form in: (A) 1951 (B) 1953 (C) 1954 (D) 1952 Answer: (D) 1952 20. : Waiting for Godot was performed in: (A) All of the world (B) Few countries (C) 6 States (D) Many countries Answer: (D) Many countries 21. : In the first act, Pozzo was going to: (A) Some other city (B) A picnic with Lucky (C) Sell his slave Lucky (D) None of A, B, and C Answer: (C) Sell his slave Lucky 22. : Who is the author of Waiting for Godot? (A) Samuel Beckett (B) Ibsen (C) Bernard Shaw (D) None of A, B, and C Answer: (A) Samuel Beckett 23. : Beckett’s ‘Waiting for Godot’ produced at the little theatre in Paris was first in: (A) 1954 (B) 1951 (C) 1953 (D) 1950 Answer: (D) 1950 24. : Waiting for Godot was translated in more than: (A) Twenty languages (B) Ten languages (C) Thirty languages (D) None of A, B, and C Answer: (A) Twenty languages 25. : Samuel Beckett was born in: (A) 1909 (B) 1907 (C) 1908 (D) 1906 Answer: (D) 1906 26. : Waiting for Godot ran at the “Theatre de Badylone” for: (A) Four hundred performances (B) Three hundred performances (C) Two hundred performances (D) None of A, B, and C Answer: (A) Four hundred performances 27. : Samuel Beckett was born in: (A) France (B) California (C) Fox Rock near Dublin (D) None of A, B, and C Answer: (C) Fox Rock near Dublin 28. : How many times Godot appeared in the play? (A) Twice (B) Thrice (C) Only one time (D) Not at all Answer: (D) Not at all 29. : What meaning of Godot has been suggested by critics? (A) Weakened form of the word God (B) A Mythical human being (C) Both (A) & (B) (D) None of A, B, and C Answer: (C) Both (A) & (B) 30. : In past, Estragon tried to commit suicide by: (A) Jumping into the river (B) Poisoning himself (C) Hanging by a tree (D) None of A, B, and C Answer: (A) Jumping into the river 31. : Beckett was educated at: (A) Oxford (B) Cambridge (C) Portora Royal School (D) None of A, B, and C Answer: (C) Portora Royal School 32. : In the play, the tramps plan suicide: (A) On three occasions (B) On two occasions (C) On four occasions (D) None of A, B, and C Answer: (A) On three occasions 33. : On which occasions, the tramps plan suicide in the play: (A) At the start of the play (B) At the end of Act 1 and at the end of Act 2 (C) Both (A) & (B) (D) None of A, B, and C Answer: (C) Both (A) & (B) 34. : In past, Lucky was: (A) An Artist (B) An intellectual (C) Same as now (D) Both (A) & (B) Answer: (D) Both (A) & (B) 35. : Which following is not a work by Samuel Beckett? (A) Arms and The Man (B) Waiting For Godot (C) Mrs. Dalloway (D) Both (A) & (D) Answer: (D) Both (A) & (D) 36. : Vladimir is: (A) Immature (B) Reserved by Nature (C) Quarrelsome (D) None of A, B, and C Answer: (B) Reserved by Nature 37. : Pozzo symbolizes: (A) Vulgar Patron (B) Antithesis to Godot (C) Both (A) & (B) (D) None of A, B, and C Answer: (C) Both (A) & (B) 38. : What message the boy brings the second time? (A) Godot will come today (B) Godot will not come at all (C) Godot will come tomorrow (D) None of A, B, and C Answer: (C) Godot will come tomorrow 39. : Estragon is: (A) Mature (B) Sensitive (C) Easily offended (D) Both (B) & (C) Answer: (D) Both (B) & (C) 40. : Pozzo is: (A) Good Natured (B) Egotistical (C) Cruel (D) Both (B) & (C) Answer: (D) Both (B) & (C) 41. : What is the relationship between Pozzo and Lucky? (A) Master and Slave (B) Friends (C) Brothers (D) None of A, B, and C Answer: (A) Master and Slave 42. : Samuel Beckett was a: (A) Dramatist (B) Novelist (C) Poet (D) None of A, B, and C Answer: (A) Dramatist 43. : For whom the two tramps are waiting? (A) Their father (B) Godot (C) Their son (D) None of A, B, and C Answer: (B) Godot 44. : How many characters are there in “Waiting for Godot”? (A) Three (B) Four (C) Six (D) Five Answer: (D) Five 45. : How many acts are there in “Waiting for Godot”? (A) Four Acts (B) Three Acts (C) Two Acts (D) Five Acts Answer: (C) Two Acts 46. : Lucky in the play “Waiting for Godot” is the symbol of: (A) Labour (B) Christ (C) Both (A) & (B) (D) None of A, B, and C Answer: (C) Both (A) & (B) 47. : What is the relationship between Estragon and Vladimir? 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