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

2. How does Guildenstern question what is happening with the game?
(a) He keeps watching Rosencrantz to see if he cheats.
(b) He examines the coins to see if they are double headed.
(c) He wonders whether it is natural or supernatural.
(d) He questions whether it is luck or lack of faith.

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

4. What strange comparison does Guildenstern make to the coins?
(a) Monkeys
(b) Apples
(c) Fish
(d) Rocks

5. What does Guildenstern see when he looks at the coin after trying a new method?
(a) His hand is dirty.
(b) Tails
(c) Nothing. The coin has disappeared.
(d) Heads

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is Rosencrantz's reaction to the way the game keeps going?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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