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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 the Player's response when Rosencrantz asks if the two of them are enough for an audience?
(a) The Player says it is all right if they pay extra for the show.
(b) The Player says they do not have time to put on a show right then.
(c) He says two is small for an audience but about average for voyeurs.
(d) The Player says they will have to find more people to attend the show.

2. What are the instruments the musicians play?
(a) Trumpet, drum, and harp
(b) Drum, flute, and horn
(c) Horn, flute, and harpsichord
(d) Bagpipe, horn, and cymbals

3. What is the Player's reaction when Guildenstern says he may be able to use his influence at the court to get them shows?
(a) The Player runs away.
(b) The Player doubts his word.
(c) The Player offers to put on a free show for them.
(d) The Player falls at his feet.

4. What is the source of the sounds Rosencrantz had heard?
(a) Six men on white horses with bells
(b) Six milkmaids heading for the market
(c) Six travellers who claim they saw a unicorn
(d) Six "Tragedians" or traveling actors, musicians, and their leader

5. When the time theory is disproved, what does Guildenstern think of next?
(a) Leprechauns
(b) Mental telepathy
(c) Divine intervention
(d) Pixies

Short Answer Questions

1. What concession do Rosencrantz and Guildenstern make to Claudius and Gertrude?

2. What is Guildenstern's angry reply to the Player's suggestion?

3. How does Gertrude respond when she hears Guildenstern's prayer?

4. Guildenstern is aware that the game defies _________________________.

5. How does Guildenstern reply to Rosencrantz's idea about how Guildenstern must be feeling?

(see the answer key)

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