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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Estragon's reply when Vladimir tells him he cannot go barefoot in Act 1?
(a) Estragon argued that it will only be for one night.
(b) Estragon reminds Vladimir that he always goes barefoot.
(c) Estragon says he can because Christ did.
(d) Estragon promises to buy another pair of boots soon.

3. Estragon and Vladimir talk about what time it is in the middle of the second act. Pozzo keeps begging them to tell him if it is
(a) Evening.
(b) Time for him to leave.
(c) Time to go to sleep.
(d) Going to rain.

4. When the boy comes toward the end of the second act, Vladimir asks him if he has seen anybody. The boy tells him
(a) He has seen no one.
(b) He wasn't paying attention.
(c) He saw two people traveling together.
(d) That there were many people on the road.

5. In the second act, after waiting so long for Godot, Vladimir tells Estragon he is proud of the fact that
(a) Smart enough to take advantage of Pozzo.
(b) They are better people than Pozzo because they do not beat people.
(c) Even though they may not be saints, they kept their appointment.
(d) They are strong enough to beat up Lucky.

Short Answer Questions

1. Vladimir asks Pozzo if he can ask Lucky to sing or recite before they leave near the end of the play. Pozzo tells him

2. At the end of Act I, Vladimir asks the boy where he sleeps, and the boy tells him that

3. What reasoning does Pozzo give Vladimir for the change in Lucky in Act II?

4. Vladimir tells Estragon, at the end of the second act, that if Godot comes,

5. Who does the boy tell Estragon and Vladimir that Mr. Godot beats?

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