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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the dialogue change when Rosencrantz and Guildenstern speak with Claudius and Gertrude?
(a) The speak French.
(b) They use Shakespearean English.
(c) They are too stunned to speak.
(d) They speak in riddles.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After everyone else has left the stage, how does the speech of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern change?

2. What does Rosencrantz remember about Hamlet?

3. What is the leader of the traveling group called?

4. What does the player tell Guildenstern they are more about?

5. What is the Player's response when Guildenstern asks if the troupe found them by chance?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Rosencrantz and Guildenstern speak differently to Claudius and Gertrude?

2. Describe Rosencrantz and Guildenstern as the play opens.

3. What is the feeling the audience gets from the strange coin spinning game Guildenstern and Rosencrantz play?

4. What type of show does the Player attempt to offer Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?

5. Guildenstern asks Rosencrantz if he appears to be contradicting himself. What is Rosencrantz's odd reply?

6. How does Guildenstern test the oddity of the coin game?

7. Trying to make sense of their situation, to what does Guildenstern think back?

8. How does Guildenstern show that he is still being analytical about their situation?

9. How does Guildenstern attempt to change the subject away from the coins?

10. Why is Guildenstern so repulsed by the Player's immoral suggestions for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?

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