The Waste Land was written by______. A: Samuel Beckett B: James Joyce C: William Butler Yeats D: T.S. Eliot

中国大学MOOC: Samuel Beckett introduces his Philosophy of the Absurd, in which he argues that mans quest for meaning and truth is a futile endeavor.

下列作家不是美国人的是______。 A: Emily Dickenson B: Eugene O’Neill C: Samuel Beckett D: Tony Morrison

‏By whom was the term “theatre of the absurd” first coined?‏‏ A: By Jean Genet B: By Samuel Beckett C: By Martin Esslin D: By Eugène Ionesco

By whom was the term “theatre of the absurd” first coined? A: By Jean Genet B: By Samuel Beckett C: By Martin Esslin D: By Eugène Ionesco

______ is first Irish playwright of note to write about the Dublin working classes. A: Oscar Wilde B: G. B. Shaw C: Sean O' Casey D: Samuel Beckett

Who is the Belgian drama master who tried to create a completely new form of drama called “silence drama”? A: Strindberg‍ B: Maeterlinck C: Beckett D: Eugène Ionesco

______ is well known for depicting the absurdity of human conditions in the post-industrial society after World War II in his play. A: Samuel Beckett B: Bernard Shaw C: Oscar Wilde D: William Golding

______is well known for depicting the absurdity of human conditions in the post-industrial society after World War II in his plays. A: Samuel Beckett B: George Bernard Shaw C: Oscar Wilde D: William Golding

The first "Angry Young Men" dramatist was ______, who started his first change in drama by presenting his play Look Back in Anger. A: Samuel Beckett B: Christopher Fry C: John Osborne D: T.S. Eliot