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

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

3. How does Guildenstern see the way the game keeps going?
(a) He does not think about it.
(b) He think Rosencrantz is cheating, but he cannot prove it.
(c) He sees it as odd, perhaps an omen.
(d) He thinks he must continue to entertain Rosencrantz.

4. In what way is Rosencrantz defensive as he discusses the game with Guildenstern?
(a) He suggests that guildenstern is trying to lose.
(b) He offers to give back all the coins.
(c) He declares that he always has good luck at gambling.
(d) He points out that Guildenstern has done all the spinning.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Rosencrantz's reply when Guildenstern asks if he contradicts himself?

2. What assumption does the Player make about Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?

3. What does Guildenstern do differently the next time he tosses a coin?

4. What is the fanciful conversation started by Guildenstern when Rosencrantz hears a sound.

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

(see the answer key)

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