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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. How does Guildenstern summarize that day?
(a) They were awakened at dawn with a message, a summons, and a new record for heads and tails.
(b) they were sleeping and suddenly found themselves on a road they don't know.
(c) Right after breakfast they got a summons for jury duty.
(d) They got a message to come quickly but it did not tell them where.

2. Why does Rosencrantz's answer please Guildenstern?
(a) It assures him that the law of self interest is still working.
(b) It tells him that Rosencrantz is hiding a secret.
(c) It tells him that he will soon start winning.
(d) It tells him that no natural laws are at work at the moment.

3. Leaving Claudius and Gertrude, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are met by which character?
(a) Ophelia
(b) Romeo
(c) Hamlet
(d) Polonius

4. How does Rosencrantz show that he is confused?
(a) He asks Guildenstern what just happened.
(b) He cannot remember the coin game
(c) He asks which way they entered the room.
(d) He asks Guildenstern what his name is.

5. Still trying to explain his run of bad luck, why does Guildenstern think about time?
(a) He wonders if his timing is all wrong when spinning the coins.
(b) He wonders if it has stood still and he has actually spun the coin only once.
(c) He wonders if the time of day is affecting the magnetic fields.
(d) He wonders if time is actually going backward making his spins go the opposite way.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Rosencrantz's reaction to the way the game keeps going?

2. What is the Player's reaction when Guildenstern says he may be able to use his influence at the court to get them shows?

3. What does Guildenstern say will eventually turn the game around?

4. What is the Player's apology to Guildenstern and Rosencrantz?

5. What is Guildenstern's angry reply to the Player's suggestion?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Guildenstern show that he is still being analytical about their situation?

2. Describe the somewhat bizarre entrance of Hamlet and Ophelia.

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

4. How does the subject of fear affect both Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?

5. How does the audience understand that Rosencrantz is quite naive?

6. Throughout the play, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern never leave the stage. What stops them from following the Queen's attendants to go find Hamlet?

7. How does Gertrude reinforce the idea that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are friends of Hamlet's?

8. Guildenstern asks Rosencrantz if he appears to be contradicting himself. What is Rosencrantz's odd reply?

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

10. What does Guildenstern say that emphasizes their helplessness in a situation they do not understand?

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