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

2. How does Guildenstern summarize that day?
(a) Right after breakfast they got a summons for jury duty.
(b) They were awakened at dawn with a message, a summons, and a new record for heads and tails.
(c) they were sleeping and suddenly found themselves on a road they don't know.
(d) They got a message to come quickly but it did not tell them where.

3. What is the fanciful conversation started by Guildenstern when Rosencrantz hears a sound.
(a) About things that go bump in the night
(b) About calssical music
(c) About the fife and drum
(d) About unicorns

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

5. What is Rosencrantz's emotional condition as a result of his encounters?
(a) He is confident that everything will now turn out all right.
(b) Rosencrantz continues to feel stressed and seems to feel a death is coming.
(c) He is apologetic for winning all of Guildenstern's money.
(d) He understands everything that is happening around him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes Rosencrantz and Guildenstern laugh at this new coin game?

2. How is it obvious that the two men have been playing the gambling game for a long time?

3. What does the player tell Guildenstern they are more about?

4. What is the Player's response when Rosencrantz asks if the two of them are enough for an audience?

5. What assumption does the Player make about Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?

(see the answer key)

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