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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. How many times does Rosencrantz say he has won the game?
(a) Fifty six
(b) Seventy nine
(c) One hundred
(d) Eighty five

2. What does Guildenstern continue doing with the coin tosses?
(a) Saying a prayer before tossing them
(b) Using only the heaviest coins
(c) Trying different ways of tossing them
(d) Biting them before tossing them

3. How does Guildenstern see the way the game keeps going?
(a) He does not think about it.
(b) He thinks he must continue to entertain Rosencrantz.
(c) He think Rosencrantz is cheating, but he cannot prove it.
(d) He sees it as odd, perhaps an omen.

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

5. In what way is Rosencrantz defensive as he discusses the game with Guildenstern?
(a) He declares that he always has good luck at gambling.
(b) He points out that Guildenstern has done all the spinning.
(c) He offers to give back all the coins.
(d) He suggests that guildenstern is trying to lose.

Short Answer Questions

1. Still trying to explain his run of bad luck, why does Guildenstern think about time?

2. When the time theory is disproved, what does Guildenstern think of next?

3. What does Guildenstern mean when he says he is afraid, too?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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