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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Guildenstern's angry reply to the Player's suggestion?
(a) He laughs in the Player's face and calls him stupid.
(b) He calls the Player a pimp and orders him to leave with his troupe.
(c) He draws his sword and tells the Player if he suggests that again, he will kill him.
(d) He says he was prepared for any kind of messenger, but instead he is approached by prostitutes.

2. What does Guildenstern suggest they do with Hamlet?
(a) That they should blackmail Hamlet.
(b) That they should kidnap him.
(c) That they should threaten Hamlet.
(d) That they should move Hamlet toward pleasurable things

3. As the scene changes from exterior to interior, who enters the stage?
(a) Romeo and Juliet
(b) Hamlet and Ophelia
(c) Anthony and Cleopatra
(d) Ariel and Puck

4. Leaving Claudius and Gertrude, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are met by which character?
(a) Polonius
(b) Romeo
(c) Ophelia
(d) Hamlet

5. 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.

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

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

8. 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) Right after breakfast they got a summons for jury duty.
(d) they were sleeping and suddenly found themselves on a road they don't know.

9. What is odd about the gambling game Guildenstern plays with Rosencrantz?
(a) The coins seem to disappear.
(b) The coins never leave Guildenstern's hand.
(c) The coins are made of wood.
(d) The coins all come up heads.

10. When the troupe runs out of money, what do they offer Guildenstern?
(a) Alfred
(b) A show
(c) Musical instruments
(d) Bread

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

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

13. What question does Guildenstern put to Rosencrantz about language?
(a) If he knows the word for housewife in Danish.
(b) If he feels more comfortable speaking French.
(c) If ordinary words often sound strange to him.
(d) If he sometimes forgets what he wanted to say.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What indicates that Guildenstern may also be a bit confused?

2. When Guildenstern insists their meeting must have been chance, how does the Player reply?

3. What does Guildenstern mean when he says he is afraid, too?

4. When Rosencrantz collects the coin, why does he say Guildenstern was lucky?

5. What concession do Rosencrantz and Guildenstern make to Claudius and Gertrude?

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