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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Estragon starts to tell Vladimir about the dream he was having, Vladimir
(a) Falls asleep.
(b) Keeps interrupting the story.
(c) Listens intently.
(d) Shouts for him to stop!

2. What does Estragon remember about the Bible?
(a) The temples.
(b) The maps and pretty colors.
(c) Moses and the Ten Commandments.
(d) Descriptions of the desert.

3. When Estragon and Vladimir first discuss the tree, they notice it is
(a) Full of leaves.
(b) Badly splintered.
(c) Full of fruit.
(d) Bare.

4. Estragon and Vladimir talk about what they asked Godot for and recall asking him for
(a) Good health.
(b) Food.
(c) Nothing specific.
(d) A place to live.

5. During the conversation about Lucky and the packages, Pozzo yanks on the rope to get his attention and calls him a
(a) Fool.
(b) Pig and a hog.
(c) Lazy bum.
(d) Good friend.

Short Answer Questions

1. After all of the men say goodbye many times toward the end of Act 1, Pozzo and Lucky

2. After Estragon repeatedly asks Pozzo to sit down, Pozzo finally does and then tells Estragon and Vladimir that he must

3. The main characters call each other

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

5. During the course of the play, Estragon asks Vladimir if he is sure they are waiting in the right spot. In Act I, in response to Estragon's concern, Vladimir reminds him they were told to wait by the

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Pozzo feel about meeting new people?

2. When Vladimir finds Estragon's boots in Act II, what does Estragon say about the boots?

3. What does Lucky do to entertain Estragon, Vladimir, and Pozzo. What is Lucky's name for it and why?

4. When Pozzo wants to sit down in Act I, what does he ask Estragon to do?

5. What is the theme that is carried throughout the play and obvious from the beginning? What does this theme mean to you?

6. How does the idea of hanging and Estragon and Vladimir's inability to come up with a workable plan contribute to the atmosphere of the play?

7. Just before he finally leaves in Act I, what does Pozzo observe about leaving? What does he feel he needs to do to be able to leave?

8. In Act 1, when Vladimir leaves the stage to go to the bathroom, what do Pozzo and Estragon stare at off stage? What does Estragon tell Vladimir about it when he returns?

9. How do Pozzo and Lucky first enter the stage and why do you think Beckett creates their characters this way?

10. What does Estragon do to Lucky later in Act I to get revenge for what Lucky did to him earlier?

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