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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 type of performance does the Player say they can put on for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
(a) Mimes and dance accompanied by their musicians
(b) Only a few plays that they have memorized
(c) Tragedy to include deaths, disclosures, unexpected turns of events, and even transvestite melodrama
(d) Comedies that will give them stitches in their sides

2. What is Guildenstern's angry reply to the Player's suggestion?
(a) He draws his sword and tells the Player if he suggests that again, he will kill him.
(b) He calls the Player a pimp and orders him to leave with his troupe.
(c) He says he was prepared for any kind of messenger, but instead he is approached by prostitutes.
(d) He laughs in the Player's face and calls him stupid.

3. Why does Rosencrantz's answer please Guildenstern?
(a) It assures him that the law of self interest is still working.
(b) It tells him that no natural laws are at work at the moment.
(c) It tells him that he will soon start winning.
(d) It tells him that Rosencrantz is hiding a secret.

4. When Guildenstern insists their meeting must have been chance, how does the Player reply?
(a) It might have been fate.
(b) It was written into a script.
(c) Stranger things have happened.
(d) There is no chance of chance.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the Player's response when Guildenstern asks if the troupe found them by chance?

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

4. What does Rosencrantz tell Guildenstern he would do if he lost that many times?

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

(see the answer key)

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