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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Still trying to explain his run of bad luck, why does Guildenstern think about time?
(a) He wonders if time is actually going backward making his spins go the opposite way.
(b) He wonders if his timing is all wrong when spinning the coins.
(c) He wonders if the time of day is affecting the magnetic fields.
(d) He wonders if it has stood still and he has actually spun the coin only once.

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

3. What is Rosencrantz's reaction to the way the game keeps going?
(a) He thinks something is odd about the game.
(b) He laughs and whistles every time he wins a coin.
(c) He is upset because Guildenstern will run out of coins.
(d) He is a little embarrassed because he keeps winning.

4. What does Guildenstern want to know if the troupe knows?
(a) Any famous people
(b) Any popular songs
(c) Any playwrights
(d) Any plays

5. What does Rosencrantz say that Guildenstern must be feeling?
(a) Poorer
(b) Weariness
(c) Anger
(d) Boredom

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Player's apology to Guildenstern and Rosencrantz?

2. How is the troupe's cart being pulled?

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

4. What does Guildenstern suggest they do with Hamlet?

5. What does Rosencrantz say he remembers about questions in the past?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Claudius' request of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?

2. How does Gertrude reinforce the idea that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are friends of Hamlet's?

3. How does Guildenstern attempt to change the subject away from the coins?

4. Why is Guildenstern so repulsed by the Player's immoral suggestions for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?

5. What does Guildenstern say that emphasizes their helplessness in a situation they do not understand?

6. How does the subject of fear affect both Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?

7. What appears to be the relationship between the two men?

8. How does the audience understand that Rosencrantz is quite naive?

9. What rather unusual encounter do Rosencrantz and Guildenstern then have in the undisclosed location?

10. Throughout the play, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern never leave the stage. What stops them from following the Queen's attendants to go find Hamlet?

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