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Conflicting Perspectives — Quiz

Question 3 • Language Arts 12

Read the excerpt from Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard. ROS ( flaring ): I haven’t forgotten—how I used to remember my own name—and yours, oh yes! There were answers everywhere you looked . There was no question about it—people knew who I was and if they didn’t they asked and I told them. . . . [ ROS ] I don’t care one way or another, so why don’t you make up your mind. GUIL We can’t afford anything quite so arbitrary. Nor did we come all this way for a christening. All that —preceded us. But we are comparatively fortunate; we might have been left to sift the whole field of human nomenclature, like two blind men looting a bazaar for their own portraits. . . . At least we are presented with alternatives. ROS Well as from now— GUIL —But not choice. ROS You made me look ridiculous in there. How do Rosencrantz’s feelings about his conversation with the king and queen develop in this excerpt?

Answer
A
He begins to believe that he and Guildenstern are incapable of completing the task.
B
He begins to turn his frustration about the situation toward Guildenstern.
C
He becomes more worried about how the king and queen perceive him.
D
He becomes less concerned about the uncertainty of their situation.
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