Read the excerpt from Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard. GUIL ( musing ) The law of probability, it has been oddly asserted, is something to do with the proposition that if six monkeys ( he has surprised himself ) . . . if six monkeys were . . . ROS Game? GUIL Were they? ROS Are you? GUIL ( understanding ) Game. ( Flips a coin .) The law of averages, if I have got this right, means that if six monkeys were thrown up in the air for long enough they would land on their tails about as often as they would land on their— ROS Heads. ( He picks up the coin .) GUIL Which even at first glance does not strike one as a particularly rewarding speculation, in either sense, even without the monkeys. I mean you wouldn’t bet on it. I mean I would, but you wouldn’t. . . . ROS Heads. . . . . . . ( He looks up at Guil—embarrassed laugh .) Getting a bit of a bore, isn’t it? What is suggested by Rosencrantz's and Guildenstern’s conflicting perspectives about the coin toss?
Answer
A
Rosencrantz is less concerned about others’ feelings.
B
Guildenstern has more interest in playing betting games.
C
Rosencrantz is less enthusiastic about conversations.
D
Guildenstern has a more analytical personality.
Explanation
Guildenstern reflects on probability and the law of averages, trying to reason about what repeated coin tosses would produce. Rosencrantz treats the tosses more simply as a game and calls them boring, suggesting that Guildenstern has a more analytical personality.
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