Building Vocabulary: Word Roots, Affixes, and Reference Materials — Unit test
Question 10 of 25 • English 12 A.1 - F26 - Joseph Ramirez
Read the excerpt from Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard.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!ROS Oh no—We’ve been spinning coins for as long as I remember.GUIL How long is that?ROS I forget. Mind you—eighty-five times!GUIL Yes?ROS It’ll take some beating, I imagine.GUIL Is that what you imagine? Is that it? No fear?ROS Fear?GUIL (in fury—flings a coin on the ground) Fear! The crack that might flood your brain with light!
Answer
A
Rosencrantz does not care about the results of the game, while Guildenstern wants to win.
B
Rosencrantz trusts Guildenstern, while Guildenstern thinks that Rosencrantz is cheating.
C
Rosencrantz is relaxed about the strangeness of the outcome, while Guildenstern is bothered by it.
D
Rosencrantz remembers the other times they tossed coins, while Guildenstern has forgotten them.