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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. What new theory does Guildenstern come up with for his run of bad luck?
(a) That he needs to learn how to toss coins.
(b) That he is somehow willing for Rosencrantz to win.
(c) That the coins are heavier on one side than the other.
(d) That his arm has grown too tired to toss properly.

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

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

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

5. What are the instruments the musicians play?
(a) Trumpet, drum, and harp
(b) Bagpipe, horn, and cymbals
(c) Horn, flute, and harpsichord
(d) Drum, flute, and horn

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Guildenstern see the way the game keeps going?

2. What blunder does Rosencrantz make with the introductions?

3. What strange comparison does Guildenstern make to the coins?

4. How does Guildenstern win money from the Player and the troupe?

5. In what way is Rosencrantz defensive as he discusses the game with Guildenstern?

(see the answer key)

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