Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead Quiz | Eight Week Quiz D

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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead Quiz | Eight Week Quiz D

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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. Guildenstern is aware that the game defies _________________________.
(a) The law of probability
(b) The law of gravity
(c) The law of the land
(d) The law of geometry

2. How is the troupe's cart being pulled?
(a) By two of the actors
(b) By two donkeys
(c) By two white horses
(d) By the two musicians

3. How is it obvious that the two men have been playing the gambling game for a long time?
(a) There are coins scattered all over the stage.
(b) Guildenstern asks Rosencrantz to loan him more coins.
(c) Guildenstern's bag is nearly empty while Rosencrantz's bag is full.
(d) Rosencrantz keeps saying he is tired of playing the game.

4. What strange comment does Rosencrantz make about questions?
(a) That he remembers when there were no questions.
(b) That he understands the questions but has no answers.
(c) That questions always lead to more questions.
(d) That questions give him a headache.

5. What question does Guildenstern put to Rosencrantz about language?
(a) If he knows the word for housewife in Danish.
(b) If ordinary words often sound strange to him.
(c) If he sometimes forgets what he wanted to say.
(d) If he feels more comfortable speaking French.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Rosencrantz collects the coin, why does he say Guildenstern was lucky?

2. If they discover what is troubling Hamlet, what does Rosencrantz want to know?

3. How does the dialogue change when Rosencrantz and Guildenstern speak with Claudius and Gertrude?

4. What blunder does Rosencrantz make with the introductions?

5. Why does Rosencrantz's answer please Guildenstern?

(see the answer key)

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