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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, p. 84-95.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is Guildenstern's ominous prediction?
(a) Guildenstern comments that they are on a path, to which they are condemned.
(b) Guildenstern suggests they are in a madhouse.
(c) Guildenstern says they will come to no good end.
(d) Guildenstern remarks that they are on trial.
2. What is Rosencrantz's prophetic remark after Hamlet enters with the soldier?
(a) He says that "They will never be allowed to go home at this rate."
(b) Rosencrantz remarks that "They will have us hanging about till we're dead."
(c) He says that "Everything has been crazy all day."
(d) He says that "I think we will have them go with Hamlet."
3. What is the new game Rosencrantz and Guildenstern play with a coin?
(a) Guessing which hand the coin is in
(b) Tossing the coin back and forth between them
(c) Seeing if they can make the coin stand on edge
(d) Balancing the coin on their noses
4. Still trying to explain his run of bad luck, why does Guildenstern think about time?
(a) He wonders if his timing is all wrong when spinning the coins.
(b) He wonders if time is actually going backward making his spins go the opposite way.
(c) He wonders if it has stood still and he has actually spun the coin only once.
(d) He wonders if the time of day is affecting the magnetic fields.
5. How does Guildenstern summarize that day?
(a) They were awakened at dawn with a message, a summons, and a new record for heads and tails.
(b) They got a message to come quickly but it did not tell them where.
(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.
Short Answer Questions
1. What mime does Rosencrantz perform during the discussion of death?
2. When Rosencrantz collects the coin, why does he say Guildenstern was lucky?
3. What does Guildenstern do differently the next time he tosses a coin?
4. What does Guildenstern continue doing with the coin tosses?
5. Up to this point, how have Rosencrantz and Guildenstern proven to be?
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