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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 are made of wood.
(b) The coins all come up heads.
(c) The coins never leave Guildenstern's hand.
(d) The coins seem to disappear.

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

3. What is the Player's apology to Guildenstern and Rosencrantz?
(a) He says that he had only been joking with them just for the fun of it.
(b) He says that he had mistaken them for bawdy actors.
(c) He says that they should have seen his troupe in better times.
(d) He says that he was desparate to make money so they could eat.

4. What does Guildenstern do with the coins he takes out of his bag?
(a) Buys fruit
(b) Bites them
(c) Spins them
(d) Gives them to beggars

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the dialogue change when Rosencrantz and Guildenstern speak with Claudius and Gertrude?

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

3. How does Guildenstern question what is happening with the game?

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

5. How does Rosencrantz show that he is confused?

(see the answer key)

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