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

2. Guildenstern is aware that the game defies _________________________.
(a) The law of the land
(b) The law of geometry
(c) The law of gravity
(d) The law of probability

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Leaving Claudius and Gertrude, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are met by which character?

2. What does Rosencrantz tell Guildenstern he would do if he lost that many times?

3. What question does Guildenstern put to Rosencrantz about language?

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

5. How is the Player still trying to appeal to prurient interest to get more money?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the somewhat bizarre entrance of Hamlet and Ophelia.

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

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

4. What does Guildenstern say that emphasizes their helplessness in a situation they do not understand?

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

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

7. What comic relief does the dialogue about home provide for the play?

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

9. How does the subject of fear affect both Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?

10. How does the audience understand that Rosencrantz is quite naive?

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