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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 does the Player say to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern upon meeting them on the road?
(a) That there are highwaymen about.
(b) They he is surprised to find gentlemen there.
(c) That it is a lucky thing they came along.
(d) That there is strength in numbers.

2. What does Guildenstern want to know if the troupe knows?
(a) Any popular songs
(b) Any playwrights
(c) Any plays
(d) Any famous people

3. When the troupe runs out of money, what do they offer Guildenstern?
(a) A show
(b) Bread
(c) Alfred
(d) Musical instruments

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Guildenstern is aware that the game defies _________________________.

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

3. What does Guildenstern do with the coins he takes out of his bag?

4. What is odd about the gambling game Guildenstern plays with Rosencrantz?

5. What does Rosencrantz say that Guildenstern must be feeling?

(see the answer key)

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