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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Claudius request of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
2. As Rosencrantz and Guildenstern practice questioning one another, how do they keep score?
3. What are Guildenstern's suggestions for him and Rosencrantz in this strange situation?
4. As the scene changes from exterior to interior, who enters the stage?
5. When Guildenstern assures Rosencrantz that they will be all right, what is Rosencrantz's reply?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why are Guildenstern and Rosencrantz on this road and what has Guildenstern been expecting?
2. What appears to be the relationship between the two men?
3. How does the audience understand that Rosencrantz is quite naive?
4. How does Guildenstern test the oddity of the coin game?
5. Trying to make sense of their situation, to what does Guildenstern think back?
6. Guildenstern asks Rosencrantz if he appears to be contradicting himself. What is Rosencrantz's odd reply?
7. How does the Player reinforce the idea that the troupe is willing to perform a vulgar show?
8. What does Guildenstern say that emphasizes their helplessness in a situation they do not understand?
9. Describe the dialogue that shows the confusion of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern at this point.
10. What rather unusual encounter do Rosencrantz and Guildenstern then have in the undisclosed location?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write a paper on staged plays as opposed to films. Discuss what you think the advantages and disadvantages are of both types. What are the elements of entertainment one gets from the staged play that is missing from a film and vice versa? Give examples from your own experience.
Essay Topic 2
Write a paper on costuming for a play. Hamlet has been staged often in modern dress. Why, then, is it important in Stoppard's play that the costumes be Elizabethan? What do you think the costumes add to the play?
Essay Topic 3
Write a paper on how effectively you think Stoppard's use of Shakespeare's play works in ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD. Do you think it is necessary to see the Shakespearean play before reading or viewing Stoppard's play? How well do you think Stoppard's use of two otherwise minor characters as the leads works.
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