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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, p. 1-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Still trying to explain his run of bad luck, why does Guildenstern think about time?
(a) He wonders if it has stood still and he has actually spun the coin only once.
(b) He wonders if his timing is all wrong when spinning the coins.
(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.

2. What does Rosencrantz say that Guildenstern must be feeling?
(a) Anger
(b) Poorer
(c) Boredom
(d) Weariness

3. What is the fanciful conversation started by Guildenstern when Rosencrantz hears a sound.
(a) About calssical music
(b) About unicorns
(c) About things that go bump in the night
(d) About the fife and drum

4. What does Guildenstern do with the coins he takes out of his bag?
(a) Buys fruit
(b) Gives them to beggars
(c) Spins them
(d) Bites them

5. After trying again and again, what is the score of the game?
(a) 121 to 0
(b) 89 to 0
(c) 100 to 0
(d) 85 to 6

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the ridiculous conversation Rosencrantz initiates about fingernails and beards?

3. When Rosencrantz begins saying he is afraid, what is it he was going to say before Guildenstern stops him?

4. What does Guildenstern continue doing with the coin tosses?

5. What question does Guildenstern press on Rosencrantz during their discussion of the game?

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