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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Pages 15-19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the most significant thing on the stage? It is talked about several times during the play.
(a) The tree.
(b) Park benches.
(c) Some rocks.
(d) The dirt.

2. When Lucky comes on stage for the first time, he is
(a) Carrying Pozzo.
(b) Pulling a cart.
(c) Carrying many parcels and packages.
(d) Carrying a goat.

3. During their initial conversation in the first act, what does Estragon tell Vladimir is unbuttoned?
(a) The buttons on his pocket.
(b) The buttons on his shoes.
(c) The buttons on his fly.
(d) The buttons on his shirt.

4. When Estragon pushes Vladimir to tell him the story about the Englishman in the brothel, Vladimir
(a) Tells Estragon the whole story.
(b) Falls asleep.
(c) Refuses to tell the story and leaves the stage.
(d) Tells him a different story.

5. During the first act, Vladimir leaves the stage to go to the bathroom. When Vladimir returns, Estragon tries to start a conversation. He acknowledges that Vladimir is angry and wants the anger to go away. They end up
(a) Leaving.
(b) Fighting.
(c) Laughing.
(d) Embracing.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the course of the play, Estragon and Vladimir encounter two people who are traveling together, Pozzo and Lucky. It is clear that

2. Estragon tells Vladimir that if they try to hang themselves

3. Upon first encountering Pozzo, Estragon wants to know if he is

4. When Pozzo first introduces himself, he tells Estragon and Vladimir that they are

5. In Act I, when Pozzo first sees Estragon and Vladimir as he is entering the stage, he

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