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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, p. 84-95.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What assumption does the Player make about Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
(a) The Player says that they are notable patrons of the arts.
(b) The player says that they are Lords and he recognizes them.
(c) The Player states that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are surely fellow artists.
(d) The Player says that they are runaway criminals and he has seen their pictures.

2. What decision do Rosencrantz and Guildenstern find impossible to make?
(a) Leave in opposite directions from each other
(b) Whether to go or stay
(c) Whether to believe anyone who speaks to them
(d) Go looking for Hamlet

3. What is Rosencrantz's reply when Guildenstern asks if he contradicts himself?
(a) Rosencrantz pretends he doesn't hear Guildenstern.
(b) Rosencrantz assures him he is not.
(c) Rosencrantz asks what they have to go on.
(d) Rosencrantz asks if he is talking to him.

4. Where does Rosencrantz want to go?
(a) He wants to go to church.
(b) He wants to go home.
(c) He wants to go to Spain.
(d) He wants to go to Denmark.

5. What does Guildenstern want to know if the troupe knows?
(a) Any famous people
(b) Any playwrights
(c) Any popular songs
(d) Any plays

Short Answer Questions

1. When the troupe moves on, why does the Player stand in one place?

2. Where did Hamlet say the body of Polonius is?

3. What does Claudius request of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?

4. What is Rosencrantz's reply when Guildenstern asks why they would want to leave?

5. What are Guildenstern's suggestions for him and Rosencrantz in this strange situation?

(see the answer key)

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