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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 the Player do when Rosencrantz tosses a coin on the ground in front of the Player?
(a) The Player falls to his knees scrambling for the coin.
(b) The Player spits on the coin.
(c) The Player looks at it and declares it heads.
(d) The Player challenges to throw more coins.

2. What does Rosencrantz say he remembers about questions in the past?
(a) That only simple questions were asked.
(b) That there were answers for everything.
(c) That questions never bothered him then.
(d) That he never knew the answers.

3. Of what does Guildenstern say they can be sure?
(a) That they will make a lot of money this time.
(b) That they will be at home by nightfall.
(c) That Hamlet will confide in them.
(d) That the only beginnings and endings are birth and death.

4. Guildenstern is aware that the game defies _________________________.
(a) The law of gravity
(b) The law of probability
(c) The law of the land
(d) The law of geometry

5. What concession do Rosencrantz and Guildenstern make to Claudius and Gertrude?
(a) They will not tell Hamlet what Gertrude said.
(b) They will play one game of coins.
(c) They will get the troupe to help them.
(d) They commit to stay and to do whatever they can do to assist.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who enters after Hamlet and Ophelia exit the stage?

2. What does Guildenstern want to know if the troupe knows?

3. What is Polonius' message for Claudius?

4. What is the Player's reaction when Guildenstern says he may be able to use his influence at the court to get them shows?

5. What does Rosencrantz remember about Hamlet?

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