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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what way is Rosencrantz defensive as he discusses the game with Guildenstern?
(a) He points out that Guildenstern has done all the spinning.
(b) He suggests that guildenstern is trying to lose.
(c) He offers to give back all the coins.
(d) He declares that he always has good luck at gambling.

2. What does Claudius request of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
(a) To sing and dance
(b) To explain why they are there
(c) To play a game of coins
(d) To try to figure out what is bothering Hamlet

3. How does Guildenstern win money from the Player and the troupe?
(a) He plays a shell game.
(b) He calls all coin tosses as heads.
(c) He calls all coin tosses as tails.
(d) He bets they cannot guess his birthday.

4. What happens when the troupe sees the coin?
(a) They spit on the coin.
(b) They laugh and turn to leave.
(c) They beg the Player to take it.
(d) They dive for it.

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

6. How are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern identified in Stoppard's script?
(a) Rose and Guild
(b) Crantz and Stern
(c) Ros and Guil
(d) Gentleman one and Gentleman two

7. Why is the Player so happy to see the two men?
(a) To get them to tell tales they can act on the stage
(b) To sell them the musical instruments
(c) To put on a show because they were forgetting their lines
(d) To borrow their cloaks for a show

8. What are the instruments the musicians play?
(a) Drum, flute, and horn
(b) Horn, flute, and harpsichord
(c) Bagpipe, horn, and cymbals
(d) Trumpet, drum, and harp

9. What does the player tell Guildenstern they are more about?
(a) The blood, love, and rhetoric school
(b) The school of mimery
(c) The school of ballet
(d) The stand-up comedy school

10. How is the Player still trying to appeal to prurient interest to get more money?
(a) He confides to Guildenstern that, for a price, he has a bawdy performance of The Rape of the Sabine Women.
(b) He tells Guildenstern that for a price they will do King Lear in the nude.
(c) He winks at Guildenstern and suggests he would like to participate in something other than fighting.
(d) He asks Guildenstern if he would like the troupe to remove their clothes.

11. As Rosencrantz and Guildenstern practice questioning one another, how do they keep score?
(a) They get ten points for each unanswerable question.
(b) Rosencrantz uses tennis term to keep score, but nothing makes sense.
(c) They make tally marks on the ground.
(d) Rosencrantz gives guildenstern a coin for each correct answer.

12. 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 alert, tread carefully, and follow instructions.
(d) Be inquisitive and ask a lot of questions.

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

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

15. What is the leader of the traveling group called?
(a) Player
(b) Paladin
(c) partner
(d) Procurius

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Guildenstern's angry reply to the Player's suggestion?

2. What does Rosencrantz say he remembers about questions in the past?

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

4. How does Guildenstern question what is happening with the game?

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

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