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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 strange comment does Rosencrantz make about questions?
(a) That questions give him a headache.
(b) That questions always lead to more questions.
(c) That he remembers when there were no questions.
(d) That he understands the questions but has no answers.

2. What is the leader of the traveling group called?
(a) Paladin
(b) Procurius
(c) partner
(d) Player

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

4. How does Guildenstern summarize that day?
(a) they were sleeping and suddenly found themselves on a road they don't know.
(b) They got a message to come quickly but it did not tell them where.
(c) They were awakened at dawn with a message, a summons, and a new record for heads and tails.
(d) Right after breakfast they got a summons for jury duty.

5. To lighten the discussion, what does Rosencrantz tell Guildenstern?
(a) The story of a man buried alive
(b) How coffins were invented
(c) The burial practices of elephants
(d) Silly and meaningless jokes about life and death

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Rosencrantz's reply when Guildenstern asks if he contradicts himself?

2. How does Guildenstern win money from the Player and the troupe?

3. What is Rosencrantz's reaction to the way the game keeps going?

4. What is Guildenstern's observation about their strange situation?

5. What is the Player's response when Guildenstern asks where he is going?

(see the answer key)

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