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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. What type of performance does the Player say they can put on for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
(a) Only a few plays that they have memorized
(b) Tragedy to include deaths, disclosures, unexpected turns of events, and even transvestite melodrama
(c) Mimes and dance accompanied by their musicians
(d) Comedies that will give them stitches in their sides

2. When the troupe runs out of money, what do they offer Guildenstern?
(a) Bread
(b) A show
(c) Alfred
(d) Musical instruments

3. Where does the Player say they got The Murder of Gonzago?
(a) Hamlet gave them the script.
(b) They wrote it themselves.
(c) They found it in a book.
(d) They stole it from the Italians.

4. What is the fanciful conversation started by Guildenstern when Rosencrantz hears a sound.
(a) About things that go bump in the night
(b) About the fife and drum
(c) About calssical music
(d) About unicorns

5. Still trying to explain his run of bad luck, why does Guildenstern think about time?
(a) He wonders if it has stood still and he has actually spun the coin only once.
(b) He wonders if the time of day is affecting the magnetic fields.
(c) He wonders if his timing is all wrong when spinning the coins.
(d) He wonders if time is actually going backward making his spins go the opposite way.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Alfred's response when Guildenstern suggests they could set a dramatic precedent?

2. What does Rosencrantz tell the Player about Hamlet?

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

4. How many times does Rosencrantz say he has won the game?

5. Who are the well-dressed Elizabethan gentlemen at the opening of the play?

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