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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, p. 1-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After trying again and again, what is the score of the game?
(a) 121 to 0
(b) 100 to 0
(c) 85 to 6
(d) 89 to 0

2. How is it obvious that the two men have been playing the gambling game for a long time?
(a) Guildenstern's bag is nearly empty while Rosencrantz's bag is full.
(b) Guildenstern asks Rosencrantz to loan him more coins.
(c) There are coins scattered all over the stage.
(d) Rosencrantz keeps saying he is tired of playing the game.

3. What question does Guildenstern press on Rosencrantz during their discussion of the game?
(a) If he would feel the same having lost that many times
(b) If he knows any other game they could play
(c) If he wants to spin the coins himself
(d) If he wants to spin one last coin double or nothing

4. When the time theory is disproved, what does Guildenstern think of next?
(a) Divine intervention
(b) Pixies
(c) Mental telepathy
(d) Leprechauns

5. 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 it has stood still and he has actually spun the coin only once.
(c) He wonders if the time of day is affecting the magnetic fields.
(d) He wonders if time is actually going backward making his spins go the opposite way.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what way is Rosencrantz defensive as he discusses the game with Guildenstern?

2. What is the ridiculous conversation Rosencrantz initiates about fingernails and beards?

3. How are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern identified in Stoppard's script?

4. What does Guildenstern continue doing with the coin tosses?

5. What strange comparison does Guildenstern make to the coins?

(see the answer key)

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