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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are the well-dressed Elizabethan gentlemen at the opening of the play?
(a) Claudius and Polonius
(b) Hamlet and Horatio
(c) Procter and Gamble
(d) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern

2. When Rosencrantz collects the coin, why does he say Guildenstern was lucky?
(a) The coin was on heads again.
(b) The coin was buried in the sand.
(c) The coin was on tails.
(d) The coin was almost lost.

3. What does Rosencrantz tell Guildenstern he would do if he lost that many times?
(a) Keep playing until he started to win
(b) Quit before he lost everything
(c) Examine the coins
(d) Draw his sword

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

5. What exchange is there between Hamlet and Ophelia?
(a) Hamlet is laughing and Ophelia is shocked.
(b) Ophelia is shouting at Hamlet.
(c) Ophelia is crying and Hamlet tries to comfort her.
(d) Hamlet sighs and stares into Ophelia's face.

6. What concession do Rosencrantz and Guildenstern make to Claudius and Gertrude?
(a) They will play one game of coins.
(b) They commit to stay and to do whatever they can do to assist.
(c) They will get the troupe to help them.
(d) They will not tell Hamlet what Gertrude said.

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

8. What is the Player's response when Rosencrantz asks if the two of them are enough for an audience?
(a) The Player says it is all right if they pay extra for the show.
(b) He says two is small for an audience but about average for voyeurs.
(c) The Player says they do not have time to put on a show right then.
(d) The Player says they will have to find more people to attend the show.

9. What happens when the troupe sees the coin?
(a) They spit on the coin.
(b) They beg the Player to take it.
(c) They laugh and turn to leave.
(d) They dive for it.

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

11. What indicates that Guildenstern may also be a bit confused?
(a) He forgets what he is saying in his conversation.
(b) He asks if he is contradicting himself in his conversation.
(c) He asks if anything he says makes sense in his conversation.
(d) He keeps repeating himself in his conversation.

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

13. Why does Rosencrantz's answer please Guildenstern?
(a) It tells him that he will soon start winning.
(b) It tells him that Rosencrantz is hiding a secret.
(c) It assures him that the law of self interest is still working.
(d) It tells him that no natural laws are at work at the moment.

14. How does Guildenstern win money from the Player and the troupe?
(a) He bets they cannot guess his birthday.
(b) He calls all coin tosses as tails.
(c) He calls all coin tosses as heads.
(d) He plays a shell game.

15. If they discover what is troubling Hamlet, what does Rosencrantz want to know?
(a) Will they get a large reward?
(b) Will they be free to go home?
(c) Will they have to do something else?
(d) Will they tell anyone?

Short Answer Questions

1. Trying to determine what Rosencrantz wants to see, what does the Player mention not too subtly?

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

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

4. What is the Player's response when Guildenstern asks if the troupe found them by chance?

5. Grabbing hold of the Player angrily, how does Guildenstern excuse himself?

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