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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 Guildenstern's ominous prediction?
(a) Guildenstern suggests they are in a madhouse.
(b) Guildenstern remarks that they are on trial.
(c) Guildenstern says they will come to no good end.
(d) Guildenstern comments that they are on a path, to which they are condemned.

2. Back inside the castle, what does Rosencrantz declare?
(a) That he does not remember coming inside.
(b) That Claudius is not angry anymore.
(c) That Hamlet has given himself up.
(d) That they are now done with them.

3. What is strange about where Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are throughout the entire play?
(a) They move quickly from place to place.
(b) They are either on the road or in the castle.
(c) They are always in the same place and the action and characters come to them.
(d) They think they are in England.

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 blunder does Rosencrantz make with the introductions?
(a) He cannot recall Guildenstern's name.
(b) He talks down to the Player as though he were a Lord.
(c) He fails to mention their names.
(d) He confuses their names, calling himself Guildenstern.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Claudius tell Guildenstern and Rosencrantz?

2. How does the encounter with Hamlet leave Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?

3. What is Guildenstern's observation about their strange situation?

4. What is Alfred's reply when Guildenstern asks if he likes being an actor?

5. What surprise does Rosencrantz get when he thinks he's playing with the Queen?

(see the answer key)

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