Question 59 • $2526: sem 1: 1001410: English 4 HONORS: NEW
Read the excerpt from Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard.ROS (aggrieved, aggressive) >Well, I won—didn’t I?GUIL (approaches him—quieter) And if you’d lost? If they’d come down against you, eighty-five times, one after another, just like that?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!
Answer
A
He begins to wonder whether Guildenstern is cheating.
B
He becomes happy that they agree on something.
C
He begins to consider Guildenstern’s point of view.
D
He becomes confident that he understands the game.
Explanation
Guildenstern asks Ros whether he would suspect something if he lost eighty-five coin tosses in a row. Ros repeats the result in disbelief, then jokes that he would inspect Guildenstern’s coins. This response shows Ros beginning to understand Guildenstern’s point: such an unlikely streak would make him question the fairness of the tosses. The best choice is “He begins to consider Guildenstern’s point of view.”
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