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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are the well-dressed Elizabethan gentlemen at the opening of the play?
(a) Claudius and Polonius
(b) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
(c) Procter and Gamble
(d) Hamlet and Horatio

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. In what way is Rosencrantz defensive as he discusses the game with Guildenstern?
(a) He declares that he always has good luck at gambling.
(b) He offers to give back all the coins.
(c) He suggests that guildenstern is trying to lose.
(d) He points out that Guildenstern has done all the spinning.

4. What does Guildenstern do differently the next time he tosses a coin?
(a) He rubs the coin on his shirt before tossing it.
(b) He lets it land in his other hand.
(c) He tosses it much farther away.
(d) He tosses two coins at once.

5. How are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern identified in Stoppard's script?
(a) Gentleman one and Gentleman two
(b) Ros and Guil
(c) Crantz and Stern
(d) Rose and Guild

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Guildenstern continue doing with the coin tosses?

2. Still trying to explain his run of bad luck, why does Guildenstern think about time?

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

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

5. What does Guildenstern do with the coins he takes out of his bag?

(see the answer key)

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