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

2. How does Hamlet react when Rosencrantz and Guildenstern confront him?
(a) Hamlet shouts and runs off stage.
(b) Hamlet asks them what they are doing at court.
(c) Hamlet refers to them as friends and asks how they are.
(d) Hamlet does not recognize them.

3. 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

4. What assumption does the Player make about Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
(a) The player says that they are Lords and he recognizes them.
(b) The Player states that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are surely fellow artists.
(c) The Player says that they are runaway criminals and he has seen their pictures.
(d) The Player says that they are notable patrons of the arts.

5. What does the Player do when Rosencrantz tosses a coin on the ground in front of the Player?
(a) The Player spits on the coin.
(b) The Player falls to his knees scrambling for the coin.
(c) The Player looks at it and declares it heads.
(d) The Player challenges to throw more coins.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Guildenstern win money from the Player and the troupe?

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

4. What event does Guildenstern recall as they talk about questions?

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

(see the answer key)

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