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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What assumption does the Player make about Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
(a) The Player says that they are notable patrons of the arts.
(b) The player says that they are Lords and he recognizes them.
(c) The Player says that they are runaway criminals and he has seen their pictures.
(d) The Player states that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are surely fellow artists.

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

3. Why does Rosencrantz's answer please Guildenstern?
(a) It tells him that Rosencrantz is hiding a secret.
(b) It tells him that he will soon start winning.
(c) It tells him that no natural laws are at work at the moment.
(d) It assures him that the law of self interest is still working.

4. What does Guildenstern want to know if the troupe knows?
(a) Any famous people
(b) Any plays
(c) Any playwrights
(d) Any popular songs

5. Trying to determine what Rosencrantz wants to see, what does the Player mention not too subtly?
(a) Adam and Eve in the Garden in their original costumes
(b) Rapes are mentioned and he alludes to wives and "ravished virgins" and asks if he is getting warm.
(c) Great Tragedies and comedies they have performed before kings
(d) Bawdy barroom ballads acted out by the mimes as the musician splay and sing

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

7. Leaving Claudius and Gertrude, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are met by which character?
(a) Ophelia
(b) Hamlet
(c) Polonius
(d) Romeo

8. What is the Player's response when Rosencrantz asks if the two of them are enough for an audience?
(a) The Player says it is all right if they pay extra for the show.
(b) The Player says they will have to find more people to attend the show.
(c) The Player says they do not have time to put on a show right then.
(d) He says two is small for an audience but about average for voyeurs.

9. How does Guildenstern reply to Rosencrantz's idea about how Guildenstern must be feeling?
(a) He says that he doesn't mind losing because Rosencrantz is his friend.
(b) He says he is not really thinking about the game.
(c) He says there are plenty more coins where those came from.
(d) He says there is suspense while the coins are in the air.

10. What does Rosencrantz remember about Hamlet?
(a) Thet he has lost weight.
(b) That he has changed.
(c) That he seldom spoke.
(d) That he had red hair.

11. What concession do Rosencrantz and Guildenstern make to Claudius and Gertrude?
(a) They commit to stay and to do whatever they can do to assist.
(b) They will not tell Hamlet what Gertrude said.
(c) They will get the troupe to help them.
(d) They will play one game of coins.

12. What does Guildenstern do differently the next time he tosses a coin?
(a) He tosses it much farther away.
(b) He lets it land in his other hand.
(c) He tosses two coins at once.
(d) He rubs the coin on his shirt before tossing it.

13. How does Gertrude respond when she hears Guildenstern's prayer?
(a) She says, "Amen."
(b) She says, "Thy will be done."
(c) She says, "Praise the Lord."
(d) She says, "You need more than prayer."

14. What type of play does the Player mention that comes at another cost?
(a) Plays where the audience participates
(b) Plays that have never been performed before
(c) Plays that last over three hours
(d) Plays from classical Greek drama

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times does Rosencrantz say he has won the game?

2. Of what does Guildenstern say they can be sure?

3. What is the fanciful conversation started by Guildenstern when Rosencrantz hears a sound.

4. What does Guildenstern do with the coins he takes out of his bag?

5. How does Hamlet react when Rosencrantz and Guildenstern confront him?

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