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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. As the scene changes from exterior to interior, who enters the stage?
(a) Hamlet and Ophelia
(b) Romeo and Juliet
(c) Anthony and Cleopatra
(d) Ariel and Puck

2. What does Rosencrantz say that Guildenstern must be feeling?
(a) Weariness
(b) Boredom
(c) Anger
(d) Poorer

3. Grabbing hold of the Player angrily, how does Guildenstern excuse himself?
(a) He says he was merely testing the Player's reflexes.
(b) He reminds the Player that he had offered audience participation.
(c) He says he tripped on a rock in the road.
(d) He pretends to black out.

4. Leaving Claudius and Gertrude, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are met by which character?
(a) Romeo
(b) Ophelia
(c) Hamlet
(d) Polonius

5. Trying to determine what Rosencrantz wants to see, what does the Player mention not too subtly?
(a) Adam and Eve in the Garden in their original costumes
(b) Great Tragedies and comedies they have performed before kings
(c) Rapes are mentioned and he alludes to wives and "ravished virgins" and asks if he is getting warm.
(d) Bawdy barroom ballads acted out by the mimes as the musician splay and sing

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the leader of the traveling group called?

2. What does Rosencrantz say he remembers about questions in the past?

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

4. Who are the well-dressed Elizabethan gentlemen at the opening of the play?

5. What type of performance does the Player say they can put on for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?

(see the answer key)

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