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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, p. 34-53.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What strange comparison does Guildenstern make to the coins?
(a) Fish
(b) Monkeys
(c) Apples
(d) Rocks

2. What indicates that Guildenstern may also be a bit confused?
(a) He asks if he is contradicting himself in his conversation.
(b) He forgets what he is saying in his conversation.
(c) He keeps repeating himself in his conversation.
(d) He asks if anything he says makes sense in his conversation.

3. What is Rosencrantz's emotional condition as a result of his encounters?
(a) He is apologetic for winning all of Guildenstern's money.
(b) He is confident that everything will now turn out all right.
(c) He understands everything that is happening around him.
(d) Rosencrantz continues to feel stressed and seems to feel a death is coming.

4. What is Rosencrantz's reaction to the way the game keeps going?
(a) He is upset because Guildenstern will run out of coins.
(b) He is a little embarrassed because he keeps winning.
(c) He laughs and whistles every time he wins a coin.
(d) He thinks something is odd about the game.

5. How does the dialogue change when Rosencrantz and Guildenstern speak with Claudius and Gertrude?
(a) They use Shakespearean English.
(b) They speak in riddles.
(c) They are too stunned to speak.
(d) The speak French.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Hamlet react when Rosencrantz and Guildenstern confront him?

3. What does the Player say to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern upon meeting them on the road?

4. What question does Guildenstern put to Rosencrantz about language?

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

(see the answer key)

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