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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. What question does Guildenstern press on Rosencrantz during their discussion of the game?
(a) If he would feel the same having lost that many times
(b) If he knows any other game they could play
(c) If he wants to spin the coins himself
(d) If he wants to spin one last coin double or nothing

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

3. Who are the well-dressed Elizabethan gentlemen at the opening of the play?
(a) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
(b) Claudius and Polonius
(c) Hamlet and Horatio
(d) Procter and Gamble

4. What is the ridiculous conversation Rosencrantz initiates about fingernails and beards?
(a) Whether they should be worn long or short
(b) Whether they are like toenails
(c) Whether they grow before birth and after death
(d) Whether they grow at the same rate

5. What does Rosencrantz tell Guildenstern he would do if he lost that many times?
(a) Examine the coins
(b) Quit before he lost everything
(c) Keep playing until he started to win
(d) Draw his sword

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Guildenstern do differently the next time he tosses a coin?

2. How many times does Rosencrantz say he has won the game?

3. How does Guildenstern reply to Rosencrantz's idea about how Guildenstern must be feeling?

4. In what way is Rosencrantz defensive as he discusses the game with Guildenstern?

5. What new theory does Guildenstern come up with for his run of bad luck?

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