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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. What strange comparison does Guildenstern make to the coins?
(a) Monkeys
(b) Rocks
(c) Fish
(d) Apples
2. What is the leader of the traveling group called?
(a) Procurius
(b) Player
(c) Paladin
(d) partner
3. As the scene changes from exterior to interior, who enters the stage?
(a) Ariel and Puck
(b) Romeo and Juliet
(c) Hamlet and Ophelia
(d) Anthony and Cleopatra
4. Who are the well-dressed Elizabethan gentlemen at the opening of the play?
(a) Hamlet and Horatio
(b) Claudius and Polonius
(c) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
(d) Procter and Gamble
5. What is Rosencrantz's reaction to the way the game keeps going?
(a) He is upset because Guildenstern will run out of coins.
(b) He laughs and whistles every time he wins a coin.
(c) He thinks something is odd about the game.
(d) He is a little embarrassed because he keeps winning.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who enters after Hamlet and Ophelia exit the stage?
2. Still trying to explain his run of bad luck, why does Guildenstern think about time?
3. When Rosencrantz begins saying he is afraid, what is it he was going to say before Guildenstern stops him?
4. What is Rosencrantz's reply when Guildenstern asks if he contradicts himself?
5. How does Gertrude respond when she hears Guildenstern's prayer?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Guildenstern's comment that he is afraid today is his day mean?
2. Why is Guildenstern so repulsed by the Player's immoral suggestions for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
3. Describe Rosencrantz and Guildenstern as the play opens.
4. What things are troubling Rosencrantz as he and Guildenstern are once again left alone on the stage?
5. What is the feeling the audience gets from the strange coin spinning game Guildenstern and Rosencrantz play?
6. How does the subject of fear affect both Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
7. How does Guildenstern take advantage of the Player?
8. What type of show does the Player attempt to offer Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
9. How does Gertrude reinforce the idea that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are friends of Hamlet's?
10. What appears to be the relationship between the two men?
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