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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. What is the leader of the traveling group called?
(a) Paladin
(b) Player
(c) partner
(d) Procurius

2. What is the Player's reaction when Guildenstern says he may be able to use his influence at the court to get them shows?
(a) The Player falls at his feet.
(b) The Player runs away.
(c) The Player offers to put on a free show for them.
(d) The Player doubts his word.

3. What does Rosencrantz tell Guildenstern he would do if he lost that many times?
(a) Quit before he lost everything
(b) Keep playing until he started to win
(c) Draw his sword
(d) Examine the coins

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

5. What does the player tell Guildenstern they are more about?
(a) The stand-up comedy school
(b) The school of ballet
(c) The blood, love, and rhetoric school
(d) The school of mimery

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the well-dressed Elizabethan gentlemen at the opening of the play?

2. What type of play does the Player mention that comes at another cost?

3. Why is the Player so happy to see the two men?

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

5. How is the troupe's cart being pulled?

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