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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, p. 20-34.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Player's response when Guildenstern asks if the troupe found them by chance?
(a) He says it is in their script.
(b) He says they heard the clinking of his coins.
(c) He says it was.
(d) He says nothing is pure chance.

2. What does Guildenstern continue doing with the coin tosses?
(a) Biting them before tossing them
(b) Using only the heaviest coins
(c) Saying a prayer before tossing them
(d) Trying different ways of tossing them

3. What does the Player do when Rosencrantz tosses a coin on the ground in front of the Player?
(a) The Player falls to his knees scrambling for the coin.
(b) The Player looks at it and declares it heads.
(c) The Player challenges to throw more coins.
(d) The Player spits on the coin.

4. How much does the Player say it will cost for them to perform a gory romance?
(a) A single coin
(b) A coin for each actor
(c) A handful of coins
(d) A small bag of coins

5. Who are the well-dressed Elizabethan gentlemen at the opening of the play?
(a) Procter and Gamble
(b) Claudius and Polonius
(c) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
(d) Hamlet and Horatio

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Guildenstern want to know if the troupe knows?

2. Still trying to explain his run of bad luck, why does Guildenstern think about time?

3. What assumption does the Player make about Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?

4. What is the Player's response when Rosencrantz asks if the two of them are enough for an audience?

5. What does Guildenstern say will eventually turn the game around?

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