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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Pages 54-58.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Estragon repeatedly asks Pozzo to sit down, Pozzo finally does and then tells Estragon and Vladimir that he must
(a) Leave immediately if he is to keep his schedule.
(b) Go to the bathroom.
(c) Take a nap.
(d) Feed Lucky.

2. Vladimir tells Estragon that if they hang themselves from the tree, they will have
(a) A migraine.
(b) An erection.
(c) A new way of looking at life.
(d) A stomach ache.

3. Estragon and Vladimir want to find out why Lucky won't put his packages down. Finally, Pozzo understands the question and tells them that Lucky
(a) Wants to give the packages to Estragon and Vladimir.
(b) Is trying to steal the packages.
(c) Has the right to put his packages down but chooses not to.
(d) Is afraid someone will steal the packages.

4. Estragon remembers some of the things that happened to him the day before, but he can't remember all of the pieces of the puzzle. Vladimir tries to remind him that
(a) Lucky kicked him and Pozzo gave him the chicken bones.
(b) He was kicked by a mule and had leftover bones from his chicken.
(c) Someone beat him and threw old chicken bones at him.
(d) He fell and found some bones buried under the tree.

5. When Estragon tries to make Lucky feel better in the way Pozzo suggested, Lucky
(a) Kicks him violently in the shins and gives the handkerchief back to Pozzo.
(b) Puts down his packages, lies down, and falls asleep.
(c) Is grateful and shows his great appreciation.
(d) Is confused and doesn't understand why Estragon is helping him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who offers to give Lucky his hat so that he can perform at the end of Act I?

2. While relaxing and smoking his pipe, Pozzo makes the philosophical observation that the second pipe

3. Estragon falls asleep again in Act II, and, again, Vladimir wakes him up. Estragon asks Vladimir

4. When Pozzo tells Estragon and Vladimir they are trespassing, they reply that

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

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