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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, p. 55-84.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What strange comparison does Guildenstern make to the coins?
(a) Apples
(b) Fish
(c) Rocks
(d) Monkeys

2. How many corpses does the Player say the drama will have at the end?
(a) Six
(b) A hundred
(c) Eight
(d) Four

3. What do Rosencrantz and Guildenstern threaten to do to the Player?
(a) Expose him for a fraud
(b) Have him arrested
(c) Dance on his grave
(d) Cut out his tongue

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

5. How does Guildenstern reply to Rosencrantz's idea about how Guildenstern must be feeling?
(a) He says there are plenty more coins where those came from.
(b) He says there is suspense while the coins are in the air.
(c) He says that he doesn't mind losing because Rosencrantz is his friend.
(d) He says he is not really thinking about the game.

Short Answer Questions

1. What play does Hamlet ask the Player if his troupe can perform?

2. After speaking with Hamlet, what is the condition of Guildenstern and Rosencrantz?

3. How does Guildenstern question what is happening with the game?

4. What are the lines from Shakespeare's Hamlet, Act II, Scene ii that Hamlet says as Act Two opens?

5. What is Polonius' message for Claudius?

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