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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, p. 34-53.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is odd about the gambling game Guildenstern plays with Rosencrantz?
(a) The coins all come up heads.
(b) The coins seem to disappear.
(c) The coins never leave Guildenstern's hand.
(d) The coins are made of wood.

2. How does Guildenstern question what is happening with the game?
(a) He examines the coins to see if they are double headed.
(b) He keeps watching Rosencrantz to see if he cheats.
(c) He questions whether it is luck or lack of faith.
(d) He wonders whether it is natural or supernatural.

3. Who enters after Hamlet and Ophelia exit the stage?
(a) Julius Caesar and Marc Anthony
(b) Ariel and Puck
(c) The Player and the troupe
(d) Claudius and Gertrude

4. What concession do Rosencrantz and Guildenstern make to Claudius and Gertrude?
(a) They commit to stay and to do whatever they can do to assist.
(b) They will get the troupe to help them.
(c) They will not tell Hamlet what Gertrude said.
(d) They will play one game of coins.

5. What strange comment does Rosencrantz make about questions?
(a) That questions always lead to more questions.
(b) That questions give him a headache.
(c) That he understands the questions but has no answers.
(d) That he remembers when there were no questions.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the Player so happy to see the two men?

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

3. When Rosencrantz begins saying he is afraid, what is it he was going to say before Guildenstern stops him?

4. Where does Rosencrantz want to go?

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

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