Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead Study Guide

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead Quiz 2

1. About how many times do Rosencrantz and Guildenstern flip the coin?

• 10
• 50
• 100
• 300

2. In the first act there are several explanations Guildenstern offers to explain the coin-flipping phenomenon. Which of the following is NOT one of those explanations:

• Rosencrantz has magic powers
• time has stopped dead, and a single moment is being replayed over and over
• divine intervention
• this is a spectacular vindication of the principle that each time a coin is flipped it is just as likely to land on heads as on tails

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