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

2. How does Guildenstern summarize that day?
(a) They got a message to come quickly but it did not tell them where.
(b) They were awakened at dawn with a message, a summons, and a new record for heads and tails.
(c) they were sleeping and suddenly found themselves on a road they don't know.
(d) Right after breakfast they got a summons for jury duty.

3. When Rosencrantz begins saying he is afraid, what is it he was going to say before Guildenstern stops him?
(a) That they must be dreaming.
(b) That he was becoming tired of playing.
(c) That it just wasn't Guildenstern's day.
(d) That something was dreadfully wrong.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. After trying again and again, what is the score of the game?

5. What does Guildenstern continue doing with the coin tosses?

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