Q 01/05

As Waiting for Godot opens, what is Estragon struggling to pull off?

A) A glove

B) A boot

C) A ring

D) A coat

Answer · why

B) A boot

A boot. Estragon gives up with the play's first line, 'Nothing to be done', and Vladimir answers as if he had meant life in general.

Q 02/05

What is the original French title of Waiting for Godot?

A) Attendre Godot

B) Godot n'arrive pas

C) Où est Godot?

D) En attendant Godot

Answer · why

D) En attendant Godot

En attendant Godot. Beckett wrote the play in French rather than his native English, and only afterwards translated it into English himself.

Q 03/05

What pet names do Vladimir and Estragon call each other?

A) Vova and Essie

B) Didi and Gogo

C) Dodo and Gigi

D) Mimi and Toto

Answer · why

B) Didi and Gogo

Didi and Gogo. When Estragon dozes off, Vladimir shouts 'Gogo!' three times to wake him, and his excuse is simply: 'I felt lonely.'

Q 04/05

What subtitle did Beckett give the English text of Waiting for Godot?

A) A farce in three acts

B) A play for two tramps

C) A comedy of waiting

D) A tragicomedy in two acts

Answer · why

D) A tragicomedy in two acts

A tragicomedy in two acts. The comedy is pure slapstick, with pratfalls and dropped trousers, played by two men who discuss hanging themselves in both...

Q 05/05

A 1998 National Theatre poll named Waiting for Godot the 20th century's what?

A) Funniest English-language play

B) Most overrated stage play

C) Most significant English-language play

D) Most revived foreign play

Answer · why

C) Most significant English-language play

Most significant English-language play. At the 1955 London first night, its director recalled, the line 'Nobody comes, nobody goes, it's awful' drew a...