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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead Quiz 1

  • 1. Who wrote Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead?
    •     T. S. Eliot
    •     Samuel Beckett
    •     Shakespeare
    •     Tom Stoppard

  • 2. When was the first edition of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead published?
    •     1965
    •     1966
    •     1967
    •     1968

  • 3. What Shakespearean play do the main characters appear in?
    •     Hamlet
    •     Richard III
    •     King Lear
    •     Romeo and Juliet

  • 4. What is the main difference between the first and second editions of the play?
    •     there is no real difference
    •     the ending
    •     the names of the main characters
    •     the setting

  • 5. The following adjective(s) best describe(s) Guildenstern:
    •     inspiring
    •     smart, cynical
    •     hateful, bitter
    •     happy

  • 6. The following adjective(s) best describe(s) Rosencrantz:
    •     angry, bitter
    •     depressed
    •     annoyed
    •     harmlessly obtuse

  • 7. What game are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern playing at the play's opening?
    •     hopscotch
    •     tossing a coin
    •     marbles
    •     poker

  • 8. What is puzzling about the game?
    •     the coin lands on the same side an highly improbable number of times
    •     it requires a minimum of four players, but they are playing with two
    •     Rosencrantz is cheating, unbeknownst to Guildenstern
    •     they do not fully understand the rules

  • 9. On what side does the coin land?
    •     neither heads nor tails
    •     a mixture of heads and tails
    •     heads
    •     tails

  • 10. Who keeps winning the bets?
    •     the Player
    •     Guildenstern
    •     sometimes Rosencrantz, sometimes Guildenstern
    •     Rosencrantz

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