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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. When the troupe moves on, why does the Player stand in one place?
(a) He's waiting for guildenstern to pay him.
(b) He is drunk and cannot walk.
(c) His foot is on Guildenstern's coin.
(d) He waits for Guildenstern to give him permission to leave.

2. What is Rosencrantz's reaction to the way the game keeps going?
(a) He is upset because Guildenstern will run out of coins.
(b) He is a little embarrassed because he keeps winning.
(c) He laughs and whistles every time he wins a coin.
(d) He thinks something is odd about the game.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Guildenstern reply to Rosencrantz's idea about how Guildenstern must be feeling?

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

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

4. What assumption does the Player make about Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?

5. What is the Player's apology to Guildenstern and Rosencrantz?

(see the answer key)

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