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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. Grabbing hold of the Player angrily, how does Guildenstern excuse himself?
(a) He pretends to black out.
(b) He says he was merely testing the Player's reflexes.
(c) He says he tripped on a rock in the road.
(d) He reminds the Player that he had offered audience participation.

2. What does Guildenstern do differently the next time he tosses a coin?
(a) He rubs the coin on his shirt before tossing it.
(b) He tosses it much farther away.
(c) He tosses two coins at once.
(d) He lets it land in his other hand.

3. How is the Player still trying to appeal to prurient interest to get more money?
(a) He confides to Guildenstern that, for a price, he has a bawdy performance of The Rape of the Sabine Women.
(b) He asks Guildenstern if he would like the troupe to remove their clothes.
(c) He winks at Guildenstern and suggests he would like to participate in something other than fighting.
(d) He tells Guildenstern that for a price they will do King Lear in the nude.

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

5. What is Guildenstern's angry reply to the Player's suggestion?
(a) He draws his sword and tells the Player if he suggests that again, he will kill him.
(b) He says he was prepared for any kind of messenger, but instead he is approached by prostitutes.
(c) He calls the Player a pimp and orders him to leave with his troupe.
(d) He laughs in the Player's face and calls him stupid.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the troupe runs out of money, what do they offer Guildenstern?

2. What does Guildenstern see when he looks at the coin after trying a new method?

3. What is the source of the sounds Rosencrantz had heard?

4. What does Rosencrantz tell Guildenstern he would do if he lost that many times?

5. How does Guildenstern question what is happening with the game?

(see the answer key)

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