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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, p. 1-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After trying again and again, what is the score of the game?
(a) 85 to 6
(b) 89 to 0
(c) 121 to 0
(d) 100 to 0

2. What is the ridiculous conversation Rosencrantz initiates about fingernails and beards?
(a) Whether they are like toenails
(b) Whether they grow before birth and after death
(c) Whether they grow at the same rate
(d) Whether they should be worn long or short

3. When Rosencrantz begins saying he is afraid, what is it he was going to say before Guildenstern stops him?
(a) That something was dreadfully wrong.
(b) That he was becoming tired of playing.
(c) That it just wasn't Guildenstern's day.
(d) That they must be dreaming.

4. How is it obvious that the two men have been playing the gambling game for a long time?
(a) Rosencrantz keeps saying he is tired of playing the game.
(b) Guildenstern asks Rosencrantz to loan him more coins.
(c) Guildenstern's bag is nearly empty while Rosencrantz's bag is full.
(d) There are coins scattered all over the stage.

5. Who are the well-dressed Elizabethan gentlemen at the opening of the play?
(a) Claudius and Polonius
(b) Hamlet and Horatio
(c) Procter and Gamble
(d) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Guildenstern summarize that day?

3. What new theory does Guildenstern come up with for his run of bad luck?

4. What is odd about the gambling game Guildenstern plays with Rosencrantz?

5. What does Guildenstern do differently the next time he tosses a coin?

(see the answer key)

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