King – An entertaining and educative novel by Vincent Augustine D’souza.

1. When was Samuel Beckett born?
a) 1 January 1901
b) 13 April 1906
c) 2 August 1904
d) 5 October 1905

2. Where was Samuel Beckett born?
a) Wexford
b) Limerick
c) Foxrock
d) Boyle

3. Which school did Samuel Beckett attend?
a) St. Patrick’s School
b) Portola Royal School
c) St. John’s School
d) Holy Family School

4. What did Samuel Beckett study at Trinity College, Dublin?
a) Science
b) Commerce
c) Romance languages
d) Semitic languages

5. Where did Samuel Beckett live from 1937 onwards?
a) Russia
b) India
c) Hungary
d) France

6. What did Samuel Beckett receive for his resistance work against Germans during World War II?
a) Order of Merit
b) Victoria Cross
c) Croix de Guerre
d) Medal of Freedom

7. Which play of Samuel Beckett made him famous?
a) Eleutheria
b) Waiting for Godot
c) Candida
d) Cymbeline

8. When did Samuel Beckett get Nobel Prize for Literature?
a) 1969
b) 1967
c) 1955
d) 1948

9. When did Samuel Beckett die?
a) 12 February 1976
b) 6 June 1978
c) 17 September 1992
d) 22 December 1989

10. Where did Samuel Beckett die?
a) Galway
b) Dublin
c) Paris
d) Tuam

Entertaining and Educative!
A Mixture of Past and Present!!
A Way to an Ideal World!!!
KING – A novel by Vincent Augustine D’Souza

Samuel Beckett Quiz Answers

1. When was Samuel Beckett born?
b) 13 April 1906

2. Where was Samuel Beckett born?
c) Foxrock

3. Which school did Samuel Beckett attend?
b) Portola Royal School

4. What did Samuel Beckett study at Trinity College, Dublin?
c) Romance languages

5. Where did Samuel Beckett live from 1937 onwards?
d) France

6. What did Samuel Beckett receive for his resistance work against Germans during World War II?
c) Croix de Guerre

7. Which play of Samuel Beckett made him famous?
b) Waiting for Godot

8. When did Samuel Beckett get Nobel Prize for Literature?
a) 1969

9. When did Samuel Beckett die?
d) 22 December 1989

10. Where did Samuel Beckett die?
c) Paris