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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 is the Player's reaction when Guildenstern says he may be able to use his influence at the court to get them shows?
(a) The Player runs away.
(b) The Player offers to put on a free show for them.
(c) The Player doubts his word.
(d) The Player falls at his feet.

2. How does Hamlet slip away from Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
(a) When they bow low, he walks away and they do not see him.
(b) When the troupe comes between them, Hamlet runs.
(c) When the lights go out, Hamlet disappears.
(d) When they turn to see Claudius, he slips away quietly.

3. What is Guildenstern's angry reply to the Player's suggestion?
(a) He calls the Player a pimp and orders him to leave with his troupe.
(b) He draws his sword and tells the Player if he suggests that again, he will kill him.
(c) He says he was prepared for any kind of messenger, but instead he is approached by prostitutes.
(d) He laughs in the Player's face and calls him stupid.

4. What happens when the troupe sees the coin?
(a) They beg the Player to take it.
(b) They dive for it.
(c) They spit on the coin.
(d) They laugh and turn to leave.

5. What does Gertrude tell Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
(a) Hamlet will talk to them because they are strangers.
(b) Hamlet has spoken of them and that she knows how fond of them he is.
(c) There are two of them and Hamlet is alone.
(d) They should get Ophelia to help them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it that Guildenstern still does not know?

2. Where does Rosencrantz want to go?

3. What decision do Rosencrantz and Guildenstern find impossible to make?

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

5. What does Claudius ask Rosencrantz and Guildenstern about Polonius?

(see the answer key)

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