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Happy Days
Samuel Beckett
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What is the name of the theatrical movement that Beckett helped to found?
Theater of the absurd
Commedia dell'arte
Black box theater
Formalism
2
of 5
When was Samuel Beckett born?
1896
1906
1916
1926
3
of 5
While living in Paris, who did Beckett become a friend and personal assistant to?
Jean-Paul Sartre
Edward Albee
Ernest Hemingway
James Joyce
4
of 5
Which play led to the beginning of Beckett's renown?
Endgame
Happy Days
Waiting for Godot
All that Fall
5
of 5
Beckett was particularly focused on silences, the unspoken desires of humans, and the way ____ dominates human thought.
Death
Time
Sex
Greed
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