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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, p. 20-34.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the troupe runs out of money, what do they offer Guildenstern?
(a) Bread
(b) Alfred
(c) Musical instruments
(d) A show

2. What is the Player's response when Rosencrantz asks if the two of them are enough for an audience?
(a) The Player says they do not have time to put on a show right then.
(b) He says two is small for an audience but about average for voyeurs.
(c) The Player says it is all right if they pay extra for the show.
(d) The Player says they will have to find more people to attend the show.

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

4. What does Guildenstern mean when he says he is afraid, too?
(a) He is afraid that the weather is causing the results.
(b) He is afraid that he has run out of coins.
(c) He is afraid that someone is coming.
(d) He is afraid that it really is his day.

5. What is Guildenstern's angry reply to the Player's suggestion?
(a) He calls the Player a pimp and orders him to leave with his troupe.
(b) He laughs in the Player's face and calls him stupid.
(c) He says he was prepared for any kind of messenger, but instead he is approached by prostitutes.
(d) He draws his sword and tells the Player if he suggests that again, he will kill him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the instruments the musicians play?

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

3. What question does Guildenstern press on Rosencrantz during their discussion of the game?

4. How does Guildenstern summarize that day?

5. What is the source of the sounds Rosencrantz had heard?

(see the answer key)

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