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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 is Alfred's response when Guildenstern suggests they could set a dramatic precedent?
(a) He starts dancing around.
(b) He asks what a precedent is.
(c) He begins to cry.
(d) He runs for his costume.

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

3. What does the Player try to explain to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
(a) How important the audience is to the performance
(b) How he happens to be at court
(c) What his relationship to Hamlet is
(d) Why he lied about doing The Murder of Gonzago

4. What does the Player say to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern upon meeting them on the road?
(a) That it is a lucky thing they came along.
(b) That there is strength in numbers.
(c) They he is surprised to find gentlemen there.
(d) That there are highwaymen about.

5. What event does Guildenstern recall as they talk about questions?
(a) A man coming to summon them to court
(b) A question for which he had no answer
(c) A play he saw about death
(d) A time when he had not studied for an examination

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the new game Rosencrantz and Guildenstern play with a coin?

3. How are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern identified in Stoppard's script?

4. What is Polonius' message for Claudius?

5. How does Gertrude respond when she hears Guildenstern's prayer?

(see the answer key)

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