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The answers are: 1. Football 2. He had an affair 3. Being well-liked 4. Life insurance money

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Literature Quiz for Students

The answers are: 1. Football 2. He had an affair 3. Being well-liked 4. Life insurance money

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1. Near what is the Petkoffs’ house situated?

 Moscow
 The Dragoman Pass
 Petersburg
 North Bulgonia

2. Raina’s father holds what rank in the Bulgarian army?

 Major
 Corporal
 General
 Lieutenant

3. To whom is Louka engaged?

 Nikolai
 Nicola
 Ricola
 Roku

4. Whose picture does Raina keep in her room at the start of the play?

 Sergius’s
 Petkoff’s
 Bluntschli’s
 Catherine’s

5. Catherine has what installed in the Petkoff house?

 A dumbwaiter
 A garage for horses
 An electric bell for the servants
 An electric bell for the dogs

6. Bluntschli asks Raina to let him do what, when he is in her room?

 Sleep
 Eat dinner in the kitchen
 Look for ammunition
 Look for rope

7. Why has Sergius resigned his army commission?


 He’s angry he’ll never be promoted
 He’s had an affair
 He got too many men killed in the war
 He was too good a soldier

8. What does Petkoff do instead of using the electric bell to call the
servants?

 Whisper
 Write notes
 Ride out on horseback to find the servants
 Yell

9. What do Raina and Catherine lend Bluntschli?

 A coat
 A stick
 A bandana
 A pistol

10. What is the physical evidence that Raina has feelings for Bluntschli?

 A necklace
 A golden chocolate
 A picture of herself on which Raina has written a note
 A bottle of wine

11. What does Bluntschli help Sergius and Petkoff with?

 Movement of regiments
 Wallpapering the library
 Learning the rules of a duel
 Making a chocolate cream dessert

12. What makes Sergius’s charge successful?

 Lack of Serbian ammunition


 Sergius’s skill
 Russia’s lack of counter-charge
 Petkoff’s plan

13. To whom does Louka get engaged?


 Nicola
 Nikolai
 Sergius
 Bluntschli

14. What job does Nicola earn at the end of the play?

 Manager of a store
 Manager of a hotel
 Manager of a restaurant
 Knight

15. What is revealed about Bluntschli in Act Three?

 He’s not a real soldier


 His father was poor
 His father was enormously wealthy
 He is not Swiss

16. What does the Petkoff family brag about?

 Their crest
 Their basement
 Their goats
 Their library

17. What is Louka willing to do to the Petkoffs, to advance her own


social status?

 Steal from them


 Leave them
 Use their secrets against them after spying on them
 Physically harm them

18. What does Sergius do to Louka when they speak privately?

 Gives her money


 Hurts her wrist
 Tells her about his family
 Asks her to clean his room

19. What does the play end in a flurry of?


 Gunfire
 Engagements
 Divorces
 Thefts

20. Which of the following is not a symbol in the play?

 Chocolate creams
 The library
 The cloak
 The Dragoman Pass

Arms and the Man Quiz 1


1 Who is standing on the balcony at the play's opening?
CATHERINE
RAINA
LOUKA
NICOLA
2 Who is Sergius?
RAINA'S COUSIN
RAINA'S FIANCE
RAINA'S BROTHER
RAINA'S HUSBAND
3 What supposedly heroic thing has Sergius done?
DUEL AN OPPONENT
LEAD A CAVALRY CHARGE
LEAD AN INFANTRY CHARGE
RESCUE WOMEN AND CHILDREN

4 Where does Bluntschli hide?


UNDER THE BED
IN THE CLOSET
BEHIND THE DOOR
BEHIND THE CURTAINS
5 What nationality is Blunschli?
RUSSIAN
AUSTRIAN
SERBIAN
SWISS
6 What literary character does Bluntschli compare Sergius to?
AENEAS
DON QUIXOTE
ACHILLES
CASANOVA
7 What is Raina's nickname for Bluntschli
THE SWEET SOLDIER
THE SECRET SOLDIER
THE ICE PUDDING SOLDIER
THE CHOCOLATE CREAM SOLDIER
8 Why was Sergius' charge successful?
THE SERBIANS HAD THE WRONG CARTRIDGES
HE DROVE THE SERBIANS TOWARDS THE RIVER
THE SERBIANS WERE CAUGHT BY SURPRISE
IT BEGAN TO RAIN
9 Who does Louka think has the soul of a servant?
NICOLA
MAJOR PETKOFF
RAINA
SERGIUS
Question 1

What is the name of the mistreated man who serves Pozzo?

 Fortunato

 Bingo

 Lucky

 Blaze

Question 3

Where does Pozzo intend to sell his captive?

 To a slave ship

 In the town square

 At the fair

 At a farm

Question 4

As they wait for Godot, what does Vladmir become unsure of?

 If it is the right day

 If they are in the right spot

 Whether Godot actually exists

 What Godot looks like

Question 7

What idea sounds appealing to both Vladimir and Estragon?

 Committing suicide

 To cease waiting

 Robbing someone

 To part company
Question 9

What message from Godot does the boy deliver?

 He no longer plans to come

 He has been delayed indefinitely

 He will arrive before nightfall

 He will not be there this evening, but surely tomorrow

When Pozzo first enters, what does he reveal he is on his way to do?

 Meet Godot
 Kill someone
 Meet a lover
 Sell his slave

Before Pozzo leaves the first time, what does Lucky do to entertain
everyone?

 Sings and dances


 Dances and thinks
 Cries and thinks
 Sings and cries

What has happened to Pozzo when he and Lucky return on the second
night?

 He is blind
 His leg is broken
 He can’t speak
 He’s a different person

What do Estragon and Vladimir do after deciding to leave at the end of


the play?

 Nothing
 They leave
 Kill each other
 Weep

What is Vladimir’s nickname?


 Gogo
 Didi
 Tricky
 Boy

What is the first thing the audience sees Estragon doing?

 Standing still
 Making a noose
 Sleeping
 Taking off his boot

Which characters of the New Testament’s Gospels are Estragon and


Vladimir discussing at the beginning of the play?

 Joseph and Mary


 The two thieves
 Lazarus and Zacchaeus
 The apostles

Where are Estragon and Vladimir supposed to meet Godot?

 By the tree
 Near the stream
 In the desert
 Top of the hill

After Estragon complains he is hungry, what does Vladimir give him?

 A carrot
 An apple
 A boot
 Nothing

What is different about the tree Vladimir and Estragon stand by at the
beginning of Act II?

 There is a noose
 It’s been chopped down
 It has leaves
 It’s been burned
 Finally, toward the end of the play, Vladimir tells Estragon they will hang themselves tomorrow
unless

 The boy comes back.

 Lucky and Pozzo come back.

 They find enough money to live better.

 Godot comes.

Act 1, Pages 1-10


1. The two main characters in "Waiting for Godot" are
(a) The boy and Lucky.
(b) Pozzo and Lucky.
(c) Estragon and Lucky.
(d) Estragon and Vladimir.

2. The main characters call each other


(a) Pozzo and Lucky.
(b) Estragon and Vladimir.
(c) Gogo and Didi.
(d) Boy and Lucky.

3. When Act I opens, Estragon is


(a) Making castles in the dirt.
(b) Staring off into space.
(c) Asleep.
(d) Trying to pull his boot off.

4. The two main characters in the play are waiting for


(a) Pozzo.
(b) the Boy.
(c) Lucky.
(d) Godot.

6. Several times during the beginning of the first act, Vladimir keeps taking off and
putting back on his
(a) Shirt.
(b) Glasses.
(c) Hat.
(d) Shoes
What is the name given to Pozzo's accomplice?
A Boy

Vladimir

Estragon

Lucky

What is Estragon attempting to pull off at the start of the


play?
His boot

His hat

His coat

A good performance

What is the only prescribed thing on the country road on


which the play takes place?
A hill

A tree

A moon

A dog

Beckett's play is often described under the movement of...?


Surrealism

Naturalism

Absurdism

Antidisestablishmentarianism

What happens at the end?


They leave.

They do not move.


Godot kills Estragon and Vladimir.

Estragon and Vladimir kill Godot.


1. What is the philosophy that backbones Waiting for Godot?
Romanticism
Nihilism
Absurdism
Republicanism

2. Who is the author of Waiting for Godot?


Malcolm Gladwell
Albert Camus
Samuel Beckett
Stephen King

3. After what war was Waiting for Godot written?


World War 1
World War 2
Vietnam War
Cold War

5. What is Godot?
A God
A person
A bird
We don't know

6. Absurdism is a branch of what philosophical school of thought?


Existentialism
Metaphysics
Epistemology
Agnosticism

8. What greatly influenced the existentialist thinkers?


Rock & Roll
Nature
A bad trip
The World Wars and the unbelievable, godless pain and agony on a massive scale
never before concieved
 Who is the author of Death of a Salesman?
o A. Arthur Miller
o B. Willy Loman
o C. Biff Loman
o D. John Steinbeck
o E. Danielle Steele

Question 1

What sport had Biff excelled at in high school?

 Baseball

 Basketball

 Track

 Football

What secret does Biff discover about Willy?

 He killed a younger brother

 He has a gambling problem

 He has a secret bank account

 He had an affair

Willy is most concerned with:

 Being well-liked

 Money

 Fame

 Getting a new house


 What sport had Biff excelled at in high school?

 A Track
 B Football
 C Baseball
 D Basketball
How is Linda able to pay off the mortgage after WIlly's death?
A Charley pays it for her
B She finds money in a box in the basement
C A huge sale came through just after Willy's death
D She receives a life insurance payout

How is Willy slowly killing himself?


A Prescription drugs
B Alcohol
C Inhaling gas
D Illegal drugs

18. "You can't eat the orange and throw away the peel--a man is not a piece of
fruit!" Explain why Willy said that.

A He's trying to convince the family he isn't crazy


B He is telling his family to accept him the way he is
C He spent the best years of his life working for the company and now in his old age
they are letting him go

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