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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, p. 84-95.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Alfred's reply when Guildenstern asks if he likes being an actor?
(a) He says it's an easy way to earn a living.
(b) He says he always wanted to be an actor.
(c) He says he does not.
(d) He says he never really thought about it.

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

3. Trying to determine what Rosencrantz wants to see, what does the Player mention not too subtly?
(a) Bawdy barroom ballads acted out by the mimes as the musician splay and sing
(b) Rapes are mentioned and he alludes to wives and "ravished virgins" and asks if he is getting warm.
(c) Great Tragedies and comedies they have performed before kings
(d) Adam and Eve in the Garden in their original costumes

4. 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.

5. How many times does Rosencrantz say he has won the game?
(a) Fifty six
(b) Eighty five
(c) Seventy nine
(d) One hundred

Short Answer Questions

1. After everyone else has left the stage, how does the speech of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern change?

2. What does Guildenstern suggest they do with Hamlet?

3. What is the Player's apology to Guildenstern and Rosencrantz?

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

5. What does Guildenstern say about Hamlet?

(see the answer key)

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