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Conflicting Perspectives — Quiz

Question 5 • Language Arts 12

Read the excerpt from Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard. ROS ( dumbly ) Eighty-five in a row. Tails? GUIL Yes! What would you think? ROS ( doubtfully ) Well. . . . ( Jocularly .) Well, I’d have a good look at your coins for a start! GUIL ( retiring ) I’m relieved. At least we can still count on self-interest as a predictable factor. . . . I suppose it’s the last to go. Your capacity for trust made me wonder if perhaps . . . you, alone . . . ( He turns on him suddenly, reaches out a hand .) Touch. Ros clasps his hand. Guil pulls him up to him. GUIL ( more intensely ) We have been spinning coins together since—( He releases him almost as violently .) This is not the first time we have spun coins! Which statement best describes how Guildenstern’s perspective about Rosencrantz develops?

Answer
A
He begins to see things from Rosencrantz’s point of view.
B
He becomes more hurt by how Rosencrantz treats him.
C
He becomes more patient with Rosencrantz.
D
He begins to question Rosencrantz’s character.
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