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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. Guildenstern is aware that the game defies _________________________.
(a) The law of probability
(b) The law of the land
(c) The law of gravity
(d) The law of geometry

2. When Rosencrantz collects the coin, why does he say Guildenstern was lucky?
(a) The coin was buried in the sand.
(b) The coin was on tails.
(c) The coin was almost lost.
(d) The coin was on heads again.

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

4. How is the Player still trying to appeal to prurient interest to get more money?
(a) He confides to Guildenstern that, for a price, he has a bawdy performance of The Rape of the Sabine Women.
(b) He asks Guildenstern if he would like the troupe to remove their clothes.
(c) He winks at Guildenstern and suggests he would like to participate in something other than fighting.
(d) He tells Guildenstern that for a price they will do King Lear in the nude.

5. How does Guildenstern see the way the game keeps going?
(a) He thinks he must continue to entertain Rosencrantz.
(b) He does not think about it.
(c) He sees it as odd, perhaps an omen.
(d) He think Rosencrantz is cheating, but he cannot prove it.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the leader of the traveling group called?

3. Still trying to explain his run of bad luck, why does Guildenstern think about time?

4. When the troupe runs out of money, what do they offer Guildenstern?

5. Trying to determine what Rosencrantz wants to see, what does the Player mention not too subtly?

(see the answer key)

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