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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Estragon hurts himself while kicking Lucky in the second act, and he
(a) Realizes he shouldn't have kicked Lucky.
(b) Picks him up and knocks him down again.
(c) Kicks him even harder.
(d) Blames Lucky for his misfortune.

2. In Act II, Estragon and Vladimir talk aimlessly for awhile and have a hard time keeping up the conversation. Vladimir begs Estragon to speak. Finally, Estragon asks what they should do now, and Vladimir tells him they should
(a) Wait for Godot.
(b) Go find Godot.
(c) Take a nap.
(d) Get something to eat.

3. What reasoning does Pozzo give Vladimir for the change in Lucky in Act II?
(a) He does not offer a reason.
(b) Nothing, he tell Vladimir to leave them alone and stop asking stupid questions.
(c) He says Lucky was beaten.
(d) He says it happened one day just like he became blind one day.

4. When Estragon and Vladimir realize that Pozzo is at their mercy in the second act, they
(a) Leave him alone.
(b) Decide to take advantage of the situation.
(c) Tell Lucky to take the whip and punish Pozzo.
(d) Punish him because he was cruel to Lucky.

5. After Estragon and Vladimir help Pozzo stand up in Act II, Pozzo asks Estragon and Vladimir if they are friends of his. They tell him
(a) They are, otherwise they wouldn't have helped him.
(b) They are going to help Lucky escape.
(c) They are going to take Pozzo and Lucky to their house.
(d) They are going to take his food.

6. Just as Act I is ending,
(a) A boy enters the stage.
(b) Pozzo and Lucky come back.
(c) Estragon and Vladimir fall asleep.
(d) Estragon and Vladimir eat.

7. In Act II, Estragon and Vladimir are agitated because someone is coming so they decide to
(a) Run far away.
(b) Go looking for Godot to save them.
(c) Hide behind the tree.
(d) Go find something to eat.

8. What is different about Pozzo and Lucky when they return the next day?
(a) Pozzo is blind and Lucky has the whip to beat him.
(b) Lucky is the landowner and Pozzo is his beaten servant.
(c) Pozzo can't walk and Lucky has to carry him.
(d) Pozzo is blind and Lucky is mute.

9. At the end of Act I, Estragon says he is unhappy. Vladimir asks him since when. Estragon tells him he
(a) Just realized that he was unhappy.
(b) Likes being unhappy.
(c) Has forgotten.
(d) Has always been unhappy.

10. The second time the boy messenger comes, when Vladimir asks the boy about his brother, the boy says his brother is
(a) Sick.
(b) Dead
(c) Away on a long trip.
(d) No longer working for Mr. Godot.

11. Estragon and Vladimir have an argument in Act II, but decide to converse politely because they can't keep silent because don't want to...
(a) Listen to the wind.
(b) Stay bored.
(c) Think and hear.
(d) Keep falling asleep.

12. What is the first thing Vladimir suggests Estragon do when he checks on Lucky in Act II?
(a) Find something to eat while he has the chance.
(b) Demand money from Pozzo for doing this task.
(c) <ake sure he is alive because it isn't worth wasting effort if he's already dead.
(d) Go through all the parcels because Pozzo is blind and if Lucky is dead he won't be able to alert Pozzo.

13. When Pozzo and Lucky meet Estragon and Vladimir the next day, Pozzo tells them that he woke up one day finding everything had changed and that he sometimes wonders if he isn't
(a) Still asleep.
(b) Getting very old
(c) Losing his mind.
(d) Afraid to see.

14. Who does the boy ask for in Act 1?
(a) A place to sleep.
(b) Mr. Albert.
(c) A job.
(d) Something to eat.

15. For the second time in the play, Estragon and Vladimir talk about hanging themselves on the tree, but they can't because they
(a) Should go to sleep instead.
(b) Need to wait for Godot.
(c) Don't have any rope.
(d) Had cut down the tree.

Short Answer Questions

1. Vladimir asks the boy if Mr. Godot has a beard. The boy tells him that he does and that it is

2. Estragon and Vladimir discuss where they have spent time in the past and mention which two specific places?

3. After Estragon and Vladimir help Pozzo get up in the second act, Vladimir asks Pozzo if he recognizes them. Pozzo tells them

4. When they finally decide no one is coming after they think they hear something in Act II, Vladimir tells Estragon he must

5. Estragon realizes it is too late for Godot to come by the end of the second day. Vladimir agrees because it is

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