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

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

3. Where does Rosencrantz want to go?
(a) He wants to go to Spain.
(b) He wants to go home.
(c) He wants to go to Denmark.
(d) He wants to go to church.

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

5. What is the ridiculous conversation Rosencrantz initiates about fingernails and beards?
(a) Whether they grow at the same rate
(b) Whether they are like toenails
(c) Whether they grow before birth and after death
(d) Whether they should be worn long or short

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Player say to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern upon meeting them on the road?

2. When Rosencrantz collects the coin, why does he say Guildenstern was lucky?

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

4. As Rosencrantz and Guildenstern practice questioning one another, how do they keep score?

5. How does Guildenstern summarize that day?

(see the answer key)

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