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

2. How many times does Rosencrantz say he has won the game?
(a) Fifty six
(b) Seventy nine
(c) Eighty five
(d) One hundred

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

4. What does the player tell Guildenstern they are more about?
(a) The school of ballet
(b) The blood, love, and rhetoric school
(c) The school of mimery
(d) The stand-up comedy school

5. What is the Player's apology to Guildenstern and Rosencrantz?
(a) He says that he was desparate to make money so they could eat.
(b) He says that he had only been joking with them just for the fun of it.
(c) He says that they should have seen his troupe in better times.
(d) He says that he had mistaken them for bawdy actors.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Guildenstern continue doing with the coin tosses?

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

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

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

5. What is Alfred's reply when Guildenstern asks if he likes being an actor?

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