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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, p. 55-84.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Guildenstern is aware that the game defies _________________________.
(a) The law of gravity
(b) The law of probability
(c) The law of the land
(d) The law of geometry

2. How does Guildenstern win money from the Player and the troupe?
(a) He bets they cannot guess his birthday.
(b) He calls all coin tosses as tails.
(c) He calls all coin tosses as heads.
(d) He plays a shell game.

3. What does the Player try to explain to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
(a) Why he lied about doing The Murder of Gonzago
(b) What his relationship to Hamlet is
(c) How important the audience is to the performance
(d) How he happens to be at court

4. When Rosencrantz collects the coin, why does he say Guildenstern was lucky?
(a) The coin was buried in the sand.
(b) The coin was on tails.
(c) The coin was almost lost.
(d) The coin was on heads again.

5. What strange comparison does Guildenstern make to the coins?
(a) Monkeys
(b) Apples
(c) Rocks
(d) Fish

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gertrude respond when she hears Guildenstern's prayer?

2. What question does Guildenstern put to Rosencrantz about language?

3. What does the Player do when Rosencrantz tosses a coin on the ground in front of the Player?

4. How many corpses does the Player say the drama will have at the end?

5. What mime does Rosencrantz perform during the discussion of death?

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