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Waiting for Godot Reading Quiz

1. In Act I, Vladimir tells Estragon that without Vladimir, Estragon would be what?

2. In Act I, what does Estragon call “a dreadful privation”?

3. What bible story does Vladimir tell Estragon, and what concerns Vladimir about the story?

4. How is the tree in Act II different than the tree in Act I?

5. In Act I, what does Estragon suggest that he and Vladimir do while waiting for Godot, and why does Estragon suggest Vladimir go first?

6. In Act I, what does Lucky carry as he enters the stage, and what does Pozzo carry?

7. According to Pozzo, how are Vladimir and Estragon like Pozzo?

8. What exactly did Vladimir and Estragon ask of Godot, and what was Godot’s answer?

9. According to Vladimir, how did he and Estragon approach Godot?

10. What does Pozzo say about his second pipe?

11. According to Pozzo, why doesn’t Lucky put down the bags in Act I?

12. What does Lucky do when Estragon tries to wipe Lucky’s tears?

13. What does Vladimir say when Estragon says he will never walk again?

14. According to Pozzo, how are the tears of the world a constant quantity, and for what else is the same true?

15. What does Estragon respond when Pozza asks Estragon’s name?

16. According to Pozzo, what is behind twilight’s “veil of gentleness and peace,” and why does the thought not upset Vladimir and Estragon?

17. What four amusements can Lucky perform?

18. What does Lucky call his dance, and what do Vladimir and Estragon guess it is called?

19. What does Estragon answer when Vladimir says that Pozzo and Lucky helped time pass?

20. What message does the boy bring to Vladimir and Estragon, and what is Vladimir’s message in reply?

21. What does Estragon reply when Vladimir says Estragon cannot go barefoot?

22. In Act II, what is unique about Vladimir’s song about the dog?

23. According to Vladimir, he and Estragon always find something that gives them what impression?

24. What do Vladimir and Estragon do in Act II when Vladimir finds Lucky’s hat?

25. In Act II, when Estragon can exit neither to the front or the back, what does Vladimir say is Estragon’s only hope?

26. What does Vladimir say after he and Estragon insult each other and make up in Act II?

27. What does Vladimir answer when Estragon asks if Vladimir thinks God sees Estragon?

28. When Pozzo calls for help in Act II, Vladimir says he and Estragon should not waste time in what?

29. By what names do Vladimir and Estragon call Pozzo to determine Pozzo’s real name?

30. Pozzo accuses Vladimir of tormenting Pozzo with abominable and accursed what?

31. According to Vladimir, what is a great deadener?

32. How are the endings of Act I and Act II the same, and how different?...