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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. How is the Player still trying to appeal to prurient interest to get more money?
(a) He winks at Guildenstern and suggests he would like to participate in something other than fighting.
(b) He tells Guildenstern that for a price they will do King Lear in the nude.
(c) He confides to Guildenstern that, for a price, he has a bawdy performance of The Rape of the Sabine Women.
(d) He asks Guildenstern if he would like the troupe to remove their clothes.

2. After trying again and again, what is the score of the game?
(a) 85 to 6
(b) 121 to 0
(c) 100 to 0
(d) 89 to 0

3. When the troupe moves on, why does the Player stand in one place?
(a) He waits for Guildenstern to give him permission to leave.
(b) He is drunk and cannot walk.
(c) His foot is on Guildenstern's coin.
(d) He's waiting for guildenstern to pay him.

4. How does Guildenstern reply to Rosencrantz's idea about how Guildenstern must be feeling?
(a) He says there is suspense while the coins are in the air.
(b) He says that he doesn't mind losing because Rosencrantz is his friend.
(c) He says there are plenty more coins where those came from.
(d) He says he is not really thinking about the game.

5. What blunder does Rosencrantz make with the introductions?
(a) He fails to mention their names.
(b) He confuses their names, calling himself Guildenstern.
(c) He cannot recall Guildenstern's name.
(d) He talks down to the Player as though he were a Lord.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times does Rosencrantz say he has won the game?

2. When Guildenstern assures Rosencrantz that they will be all right, what is Rosencrantz's reply?

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

4. What is the Player's apology to Guildenstern and Rosencrantz?

5. In what way is Rosencrantz defensive as he discusses the game with Guildenstern?

(see the answer key)

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