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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is it obvious that the two men have been playing the gambling game for a long time?
(a) There are coins scattered all over the stage.
(b) Guildenstern's bag is nearly empty while Rosencrantz's bag is full.
(c) Guildenstern asks Rosencrantz to loan him more coins.
(d) Rosencrantz keeps saying he is tired of playing the game.

2. What does the Player do when Rosencrantz tosses a coin on the ground in front of the Player?
(a) The Player spits on the coin.
(b) The Player looks at it and declares it heads.
(c) The Player falls to his knees scrambling for the coin.
(d) The Player challenges to throw more coins.

3. What is the Player's apology to Guildenstern and Rosencrantz?
(a) He says that he had mistaken them for bawdy actors.
(b) He says that he was desparate to make money so they could eat.
(c) He says that they should have seen his troupe in better times.
(d) He says that he had only been joking with them just for the fun of it.

4. What type of play does the Player mention that comes at another cost?
(a) Plays that last over three hours
(b) Plays from classical Greek drama
(c) Plays that have never been performed before
(d) Plays where the audience participates

5. Why is the Player so happy to see the two men?
(a) To borrow their cloaks for a show
(b) To put on a show because they were forgetting their lines
(c) To sell them the musical instruments
(d) To get them to tell tales they can act on the stage

6. What strange comment does Rosencrantz make about questions?
(a) That questions always lead to more questions.
(b) That he remembers when there were no questions.
(c) That he understands the questions but has no answers.
(d) That questions give him a headache.

7. What is the source of the sounds Rosencrantz had heard?
(a) Six travellers who claim they saw a unicorn
(b) Six "Tragedians" or traveling actors, musicians, and their leader
(c) Six milkmaids heading for the market
(d) Six men on white horses with bells

8. 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 something was dreadfully wrong.
(c) That he was becoming tired of playing.
(d) That it just wasn't Guildenstern's day.

9. Who enters after Hamlet and Ophelia exit the stage?
(a) Claudius and Gertrude
(b) Julius Caesar and Marc Anthony
(c) The Player and the troupe
(d) Ariel and Puck

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

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

12. When Guildenstern insists their meeting must have been chance, how does the Player reply?
(a) There is no chance of chance.
(b) Stranger things have happened.
(c) It was written into a script.
(d) It might have been fate.

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

14. After everyone else has left the stage, how does the speech of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern change?
(a) They revert to common language.
(b) They sound terrified.
(c) They speak in riddles.
(d) They stop speaking French.

15. How is the troupe's cart being pulled?
(a) By two of the actors
(b) By two donkeys
(c) By the two musicians
(d) By two white horses

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Hamlet react when Rosencrantz and Guildenstern confront him?

3. What does Guildenstern do with the coins he takes out of his bag?

4. Guildenstern is aware that the game defies _________________________.

5. What is Rosencrantz's reply when Guildenstern asks if he contradicts himself?

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