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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 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 never really thought about it.
(d) He says he does not.

2. What is the ridiculous conversation Rosencrantz initiates about fingernails and beards?
(a) Whether they are like toenails
(b) Whether they should be worn long or short
(c) Whether they grow at the same rate
(d) Whether they grow before birth and after death

3. Still trying to explain his run of bad luck, why does Guildenstern think about time?
(a) He wonders if it has stood still and he has actually spun the coin only once.
(b) He wonders if his timing is all wrong when spinning the coins.
(c) He wonders if the time of day is affecting the magnetic fields.
(d) He wonders if time is actually going backward making his spins go the opposite way.

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 sleeping and suddenly found themselves on a road they don't know.
(c) They were awakened at dawn with a message, a summons, and a new record for heads and tails.
(d) Right after breakfast they got a summons for jury duty.

5. When the time theory is disproved, what does Guildenstern think of next?
(a) Leprechauns
(b) Mental telepathy
(c) Pixies
(d) Divine intervention

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Guildenstern's angry reply to the Player's suggestion?

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

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

4. What happens when the troupe sees the coin?

5. What is Rosencrantz's emotional condition as a result of his encounters?

(see the answer key)

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