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

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

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

4. What does Guildenstern mean when he says he is afraid, too?
(a) He is afraid that someone is coming.
(b) He is afraid that it really is his day.
(c) He is afraid that the weather is causing the results.
(d) He is afraid that he has run out of coins.

5. How are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern identified in Stoppard's script?
(a) Crantz and Stern
(b) Gentleman one and Gentleman two
(c) Rose and Guild
(d) Ros and Guil

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times does Rosencrantz say he has won the game?

2. Guildenstern is aware that the game defies _________________________.

3. What is the ridiculous conversation Rosencrantz initiates about fingernails and beards?

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

5. What does Guildenstern say will eventually turn the game around?

(see the answer key)

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