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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What blunder does Rosencrantz make with the introductions?
(a) He fails to mention their names.
(b) He cannot recall Guildenstern's name.
(c) He confuses their names, calling himself Guildenstern.
(d) He talks down to the Player as though he were a Lord.

2. What new theory does Guildenstern come up with for his run of bad luck?
(a) That he needs to learn how to toss coins.
(b) That he is somehow willing for Rosencrantz to win.
(c) That the coins are heavier on one side than the other.
(d) That his arm has grown too tired to toss properly.

3. How does Rosencrantz show that he is confused?
(a) He asks Guildenstern what just happened.
(b) He cannot remember the coin game
(c) He asks Guildenstern what his name is.
(d) He asks which way they entered the room.

4. Who enters after Hamlet and Ophelia exit the stage?
(a) Claudius and Gertrude
(b) The Player and the troupe
(c) Julius Caesar and Marc Anthony
(d) Ariel and Puck

5. What does Rosencrantz say that Guildenstern must be feeling?
(a) Weariness
(b) Anger
(c) Boredom
(d) Poorer

6. How does Hamlet react when Rosencrantz and Guildenstern confront him?
(a) Hamlet asks them what they are doing at court.
(b) Hamlet refers to them as friends and asks how they are.
(c) Hamlet shouts and runs off stage.
(d) Hamlet does not recognize them.

7. What does Rosencrantz say he remembers about questions in the past?
(a) That only simple questions were asked.
(b) That he never knew the answers.
(c) That there were answers for everything.
(d) That questions never bothered him then.

8. Of what does Guildenstern say they can be sure?
(a) That Hamlet will confide in them.
(b) That they will make a lot of money this time.
(c) That they will be at home by nightfall.
(d) That the only beginnings and endings are birth and death.

9. What is Rosencrantz's observation about Hamlet?
(a) That hamlet is just play acting.
(b) That the problem is more than Hamlet's father's death.
(c) That Hamlet is suffering from amnesia.
(d) That Hamlet just like to be the center of attention.

10. What does Guildenstern mean when he says he is afraid, too?
(a) He is afraid that the weather is causing the results.
(b) He is afraid that it really is his day.
(c) He is afraid that he has run out of coins.
(d) He is afraid that someone is coming.

11. What does the Player say to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern upon meeting them on the road?
(a) That it is a lucky thing they came along.
(b) That there is strength in numbers.
(c) They he is surprised to find gentlemen there.
(d) That there are highwaymen about.

12. What does Guildenstern say will eventually turn the game around?
(a) The law of gravity
(b) The law of Hammurabi
(c) The law of relativity
(d) The law of diminishing returns

13. What is the Player's reaction when Guildenstern says he may be able to use his influence at the court to get them shows?
(a) The Player falls at his feet.
(b) The Player runs away.
(c) The Player doubts his word.
(d) The Player offers to put on a free show for them.

14. How does Guildenstern question what is happening with the game?
(a) He examines the coins to see if they are double headed.
(b) He wonders whether it is natural or supernatural.
(c) He questions whether it is luck or lack of faith.
(d) He keeps watching Rosencrantz to see if he cheats.

15. After everyone else has left the stage, how does the speech of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern change?
(a) They sound terrified.
(b) They stop speaking French.
(c) They speak in riddles.
(d) They revert to common language.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Guildenstern win money from the Player and the troupe?

2. What indicates that Guildenstern may also be a bit confused?

3. After trying again and again, what is the score of the game?

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

5. What does Rosencrantz remember about Hamlet?

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