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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of play does the Player mention that comes at another cost?
(a) Plays from classical Greek drama
(b) Plays that have never been performed before
(c) Plays that last over three hours
(d) Plays where the audience participates

2. Who enters after Hamlet and Ophelia exit the stage?
(a) The Player and the troupe
(b) Claudius and Gertrude
(c) Ariel and Puck
(d) Julius Caesar and Marc Anthony

3. What are the instruments the musicians play?
(a) Horn, flute, and harpsichord
(b) Trumpet, drum, and harp
(c) Bagpipe, horn, and cymbals
(d) Drum, flute, and horn

4. What does Guildenstern see when he looks at the coin after trying a new method?
(a) His hand is dirty.
(b) Heads
(c) Tails
(d) Nothing. The coin has disappeared.

5. How does Guildenstern question what is happening with the game?
(a) He wonders whether it is natural or supernatural.
(b) He questions whether it is luck or lack of faith.
(c) He examines the coins to see if they are double headed.
(d) He keeps watching Rosencrantz to see if he cheats.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Rosencrantz say he remembers about questions in the past?

3. What does Rosencrantz tell Guildenstern he would do if he lost that many times?

4. What does the Player say to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern upon meeting them on the road?

5. Who are the well-dressed Elizabethan gentlemen at the opening of the play?

Short Essay Questions

1. What appears to be the relationship between the two men?

2. What is Claudius' request of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?

3. What is the Player's misconception about Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?

4. What does Guildenstern's comment that he is afraid today is his day mean?

5. Describe Rosencrantz and Guildenstern as the play opens.

6. Describe the dialogue that shows the confusion of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern at this point.

7. What is the feeling the audience gets from the strange coin spinning game Guildenstern and Rosencrantz play?

8. How does the Player reinforce the idea that the troupe is willing to perform a vulgar show?

9. Trying to make sense of their situation, to what does Guildenstern think back?

10. How does Guildenstern attempt to change the subject away from the coins?

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