Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead - memory quiz 1

Which one is NOT a characteristic of the Theatre of the Absurd?

• little dramatic action
• absence of setting
• little dialogue
• puns and non sequiturs

Which one is NOT a characteristic of comical conversation?

• witty use of language
• repartee
• wordplay
• use of confusing words

Who is this? Easy-going, pragmatic and often bewildered

• Guildenstern
• Rosencrantz
• Hamlet
• the Player

Who is this? Anxious, often frustrated, looking for rational explanation

• Guildenstern
• Rosencrantz
• Hamlet
• the Player

What scene from Hamlet is used at length in Act 1?

• I, 2
• II,1
• II, 2
• I, 1

Who says: "You don't get my meaning"?

• Guildenstern
• Rosencrantz
• Hamlet
• the Player

Guildenstern says: "We are entitled to some…"

• answers
• explanations
• directions
• apologies

For the Player, "blood is…"

• everywhere
• obscene
• mandatory
• compulsory

What is the only thing they "have to go on", according to Ros?

• words
• words, words, words
• coins
• jokes

Ros sees what as an "appalling prospect"?

• watching an exhibition from the Player
• watching a Stoppard play
• feeling like a spectator
• asking questions to Hamlet