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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 Polonius' message for Claudius?
(a) That the Danish army is revolting
(b) That Ophelia has lost her mind
(c) That the ambassadors from Norway have returned
(d) That Hamlet is suicidal

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

3. What is the source of the sounds Rosencrantz had heard?
(a) Six "Tragedians" or traveling actors, musicians, and their leader
(b) Six milkmaids heading for the market
(c) Six travellers who claim they saw a unicorn
(d) Six men on white horses with bells

4. What type of performance does the Player say they can put on for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
(a) Comedies that will give them stitches in their sides
(b) Only a few plays that they have memorized
(c) Mimes and dance accompanied by their musicians
(d) Tragedy to include deaths, disclosures, unexpected turns of events, and even transvestite melodrama

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After trying again and again, what is the score of the game?

2. How does Guildenstern question what is happening with the game?

3. How are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern identified in Stoppard's script?

4. What does Guildenstern suggest they do with Hamlet?

5. What does Rosencrantz remember about Hamlet?

(see the answer key)

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