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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 is the Player's response when Guildenstern asks if the troupe found them by chance?
(a) He says it was.
(b) He says they heard the clinking of his coins.
(c) He says nothing is pure chance.
(d) He says it is in their script.

2. 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) Rapes are mentioned and he alludes to wives and "ravished virgins" and asks if he is getting warm.
(d) Great Tragedies and comedies they have performed before kings

3. Still trying to explain his run of bad luck, why does Guildenstern think about time?
(a) He wonders if the time of day is affecting the magnetic fields.
(b) He wonders if his timing is all wrong when spinning the coins.
(c) He wonders if time is actually going backward making his spins go the opposite way.
(d) He wonders if it has stood still and he has actually spun the coin only once.

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

5. What happens when the troupe sees the coin?
(a) They beg the Player to take it.
(b) They spit on the coin.
(c) They dive for it.
(d) They laugh and turn to leave.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the Player's response when Rosencrantz asks if the two of them are enough for an audience?

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

4. What question does Guildenstern press on Rosencrantz during their discussion of the game?

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

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