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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 does Guildenstern continue doing with the coin tosses?
(a) Biting them before tossing them
(b) Saying a prayer before tossing them
(c) Using only the heaviest coins
(d) Trying different ways of tossing them

2. Still trying to explain his run of bad luck, why does Guildenstern think about time?
(a) He wonders if the time of day is affecting the magnetic fields.
(b) He wonders if time is actually going backward making his spins go the opposite way.
(c) He wonders if his timing is all wrong when spinning the coins.
(d) He wonders if it has stood still and he has actually spun the coin only once.

3. Why is the Player so happy to see the two men?
(a) To put on a show because they were forgetting their lines
(b) To borrow their cloaks for a show
(c) To get them to tell tales they can act on the stage
(d) To sell them the musical instruments

4. What does Gertrude tell Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
(a) They should get Ophelia to help them.
(b) Hamlet will talk to them because they are strangers.
(c) Hamlet has spoken of them and that she knows how fond of them he is.
(d) There are two of them and Hamlet is alone.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Polonius' message for Claudius?

2. Why does Rosencrantz's answer please Guildenstern?

3. Of what does Guildenstern say they can be sure?

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

5. What blunder does Rosencrantz make with the introductions?

(see the answer key)

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