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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, p. 55-84.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of performance does the Player say they can put on for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
(a) Only a few plays that they have memorized
(b) Comedies that will give them stitches in their sides
(c) Tragedy to include deaths, disclosures, unexpected turns of events, and even transvestite melodrama
(d) Mimes and dance accompanied by their musicians

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

3. What is the leader of the traveling group called?
(a) Player
(b) Paladin
(c) Procurius
(d) partner

4. After speaking with Hamlet, what is the condition of Guildenstern and Rosencrantz?
(a) They are happy.
(b) They are satisfied.
(c) They think they know the answer.
(d) They are confused.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Guildenstern insists their meeting must have been chance, how does the Player reply?

3. How much does the Player say it will cost for them to perform a gory romance?

4. When the time theory is disproved, what does Guildenstern think of next?

5. What mime does Rosencrantz perform during the discussion of death?

(see the answer key)

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