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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 does Guildenstern do differently the next time he tosses a coin?
(a) He tosses it much farther away.
(b) He tosses two coins at once.
(c) He lets it land in his other hand.
(d) He rubs the coin on his shirt before tossing it.

2. 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

3. How are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern identified in Stoppard's script?
(a) Rose and Guild
(b) Crantz and Stern
(c) Ros and Guil
(d) Gentleman one and Gentleman two

4. 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

5. What does Guildenstern say will eventually turn the game around?
(a) The law of Hammurabi
(b) The law of diminishing returns
(c) The law of gravity
(d) The law of relativity

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How is it obvious that the two men have been playing the gambling game for a long time?

3. What strange comparison does Guildenstern make to the coins?

4. Guildenstern is aware that the game defies _________________________.

5. What is odd about the gambling game Guildenstern plays with Rosencrantz?

(see the answer key)

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