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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. Trying to determine what Rosencrantz wants to see, what does the Player mention not too subtly?
(a) Rapes are mentioned and he alludes to wives and "ravished virgins" and asks if he is getting warm.
(b) Bawdy barroom ballads acted out by the mimes as the musician splay and sing
(c) Adam and Eve in the Garden in their original costumes
(d) Great Tragedies and comedies they have performed before kings

2. What happens when the troupe sees the coin?
(a) They spit on the coin.
(b) They beg the Player to take it.
(c) They dive for it.
(d) They laugh and turn to leave.

3. How does Guildenstern reply to Rosencrantz's idea about how Guildenstern must be feeling?
(a) He says he is not really thinking about the game.
(b) He says that he doesn't mind losing because Rosencrantz is his friend.
(c) He says there is suspense while the coins are in the air.
(d) He says there are plenty more coins where those came from.

4. How is the Player still trying to appeal to prurient interest to get more money?
(a) He asks Guildenstern if he would like the troupe to remove their clothes.
(b) He confides to Guildenstern that, for a price, he has a bawdy performance of The Rape of the Sabine Women.
(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.

5. What does Rosencrantz say that Guildenstern must be feeling?
(a) Poorer
(b) Anger
(c) Boredom
(d) Weariness

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How much does the Player say it will cost for them to perform a gory romance?

3. How are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern identified in Stoppard's script?

4. When Guildenstern insists their meeting must have been chance, how does the Player reply?

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

(see the answer key)

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