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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. Where does Rosencrantz want to go?
(a) He wants to go to church.
(b) He wants to go to Spain.
(c) He wants to go to Denmark.
(d) He wants to go home.

2. What are Guildenstern's suggestions for him and Rosencrantz in this strange situation?
(a) Be irate and demand to go home.
(b) Be confident, get the answers, and go home.
(c) Be inquisitive and ask a lot of questions.
(d) Be alert, tread carefully, and follow instructions.

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

4. How does Guildenstern see the way the game keeps going?
(a) He think Rosencrantz is cheating, but he cannot prove it.
(b) He does not think about it.
(c) He sees it as odd, perhaps an omen.
(d) He thinks he must continue to entertain Rosencrantz.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the well-dressed Elizabethan gentlemen at the opening of the play?

2. What is odd about the gambling game Guildenstern plays with Rosencrantz?

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

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

5. Guildenstern is aware that the game defies _________________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the feeling the audience gets from the strange coin spinning game Guildenstern and Rosencrantz play?

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

3. Guildenstern asks Rosencrantz if he appears to be contradicting himself. What is Rosencrantz's odd reply?

4. How does Guildenstern test the oddity of the coin game?

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

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

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

8. How does Guildenstern come across as the more intelligent of the two men?

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

10. How does Guildenstern continue trying to analyze the situation?

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