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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. 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 offers to give back all the coins.
(c) He points out that Guildenstern has done all the spinning.
(d) He suggests that guildenstern is trying to lose.

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

3. 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 he will soon start winning.
(c) It tells him that Rosencrantz is hiding a secret.
(d) It tells him that no natural laws are at work at the moment.

4. When the time theory is disproved, what does Guildenstern think of next?
(a) Mental telepathy
(b) Pixies
(c) Leprechauns
(d) Divine intervention

5. 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 the time of day is affecting the magnetic fields.
(c) He wonders if his timing is all wrong when spinning the coins.
(d) He wonders if time is actually going backward making his spins go the opposite way.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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