Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead Quizzes

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead Quiz 1

By Cheryl Sherrod · Edited by Jordan Berkow · Last reviewed June 20, 2006

1 Who wrote Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead?

Tom Stoppard

Shakespeare

T. S. Eliot

Samuel Beckett
2 When was the first edition of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead published?

1966

1967

1965

1968
3 What Shakespearean play do the main characters appear in?

King Lear

Hamlet

Romeo and Juliet

Richard III
4 What is the main difference between the first and second editions of the play?

the names of the main characters

the ending

there is no real difference

the setting
5 The following adjective(s) best describe(s) Guildenstern:

hateful, bitter

inspiring

smart, cynical

happy
6 The following adjective(s) best describe(s) Rosencrantz:

depressed

angry, bitter

annoyed

harmlessly obtuse
7 What game are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern playing at the play's opening?

hopscotch

marbles

poker

tossing a coin
8 What is puzzling about the game?

it requires a minimum of four players, but they are playing with two

they do not fully understand the rules

the coin lands on the same side an highly improbable number of times

Rosencrantz is cheating, unbeknownst to Guildenstern
9 On what side does the coin land?

neither heads nor tails

heads

tails

a mixture of heads and tails
10 Who keeps winning the bets?

Guildenstern

the Player

sometimes Rosencrantz, sometimes Guildenstern

Rosencrantz
11 Who does not grasp the mathematical improbability of the event and is merely excited about a new record being achieved?

Guildenstern

Hamlet

Rosencrantz

both Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
12 Which of the following best describes what the Player is offering to sell Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?

a historic re-enactment

costumes

pornography

a show
13 Who is Ophelia?

Hamlet's daughter

Guildenstern's love interest

a young woman in love with Hamlet

Rosencrantz's love interest
14 Who is the King of Denmark?

Hamlet

Polonius

Claudius

none of the above
15 Which of the following is NOT a reason for Hamlet's strange behavior?

Claudius married Hamlet's mother

Claudius killed Hamlet's father

Claudius took Hamlet's throne

Claudius is planning to kill Gertrude
16 Why have Rosencrantz and Guildenstern been sent for?

to learn why Hamlet is disturbed

to bring Hamlet back to England to be institutionalized

to kill Hamlet

to overthrow Claudius
17 What is the object of the game "Questions"?

to have a conversation entirely composed of questions

to ask your opponent as many questions as possible before they fall asleep

none of the above

all of the above
18 How does Hamlet know that Claudius killed his father?

Hamlet overheard Claudius confess to Polonius

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern told him

his father's angry ghost told him

Gertrude told him
19 What is one of the reasons Guildenstern is disturbed about their predicament?

Hamlet will not speak to them

they cannot remember their past

nobody will tell them why they have been sent for

all of the above
20 When Rosencrantz and Guildenstern first speak to Hamlet, what is he doing?

sleeping

eating dinner

contemplating suicide

writing a proclamation that will expose his uncle as a murderer
21 What play is mimed by the Players?

Hamlet

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

The Murder of Gonzago

Richard III
22 Whose daughter is Ophelia?

Polonius's

the Player's

Claudius's

Hamlet's
23 Why are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern sent to apprehend Hamlet?

Hamlet has killed Polonius

Hamlet has gone mad

we are never told

all of the above
24 What are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern supposed to give the English King?

a letter

Hamlet

all of the above

none of the above
25 What genre does the play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead belong to?

tragedy

comedy

history

morality

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