Texts of World Theatre

Literature · 10 questions

Ten questions on playwrights, works, and characters from world theatre.

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1. Who wrote the play "Waiting for Godot"?

   1. Harold Pinter
   2. Tom Stoppard
   3. Samuel Beckett
   4. Eugène Ionesco
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   C) Samuel Beckett

2. In which Shakespearean tragedy does Iago influence the events?

   1. King Lear
   2. Hamlet
   3. Macbeth
   4. Othello
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   D) Othello

3. Which character leaves her home at the end of "A Doll's House"?

   1. Dr. Rank
   2. Nora Helmer
   3. Torvald Helmer
   4. Kristine Linde
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   B) Nora Helmer

4. Which character buys the estate in "The Cherry Orchard"?

   1. Lopakhin
   2. Gayev
   3. Firs
   4. Trofimov
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   A) Lopakhin

5. Which devilish figure makes an agreement with Faust in Goethe's play?

   1. Valentin
   2. Homunculus
   3. Mephistopheles
   4. Wagner
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   C) Mephistopheles

6. Willy Loman is the central character in which play?

   1. A Streetcar Named Desire
   2. Long Day's Journey Into Night
   3. Death of a Salesman
   4. The Crucible
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   C) Death of a Salesman

7. Who wrote the play "The Maids"?

   1. Jean Genet
   2. Samuel Beckett
   3. Jean-Paul Sartre
   4. Albert Camus
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   A) Jean Genet

8. In which Tennessee Williams play does Blanche DuBois appear?

   1. A Streetcar Named Desire
   2. Summer and Smoke
   3. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
   4. The Glass Menagerie
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   A) A Streetcar Named Desire

9. In "No Exit," which two characters share a room with Garcin?

   1. Blanche and Stella
   2. Martha and Solange
   3. Nora and Kristine
   4. Inès and Estelle
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   D) Inès and Estelle

10. In Shakespeare's "Hamlet," which figure tells Hamlet how his father died?

    1. Claudius
    2. The Ghost
    3. Horatio
    4. Polonius
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    B) The Ghost