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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 are Guildenstern's suggestions for him and Rosencrantz in this strange situation?
(a) Be confident, get the answers, and go home.
(b) Be inquisitive and ask a lot of questions.
(c) Be irate and demand to go home.
(d) Be alert, tread carefully, and follow instructions.

2. What does Guildenstern suggest they do with Hamlet?
(a) That they should threaten Hamlet.
(b) That they should blackmail Hamlet.
(c) That they should kidnap him.
(d) That they should move Hamlet toward pleasurable things

3. How does Gertrude respond when she hears Guildenstern's prayer?
(a) She says, "Praise the Lord."
(b) She says, "You need more than prayer."
(c) She says, "Thy will be done."
(d) She says, "Amen."

4. When Guildenstern assures Rosencrantz that they will be all right, what is Rosencrantz's reply?
(a) Rosencrantz says he has gotten them into a fine mess.
(b) Rosencrantz asks for how long.
(c) Rosencrantz asks how he knows that.
(d) Rosencrantz says that is easy for him to say.

5. How does Hamlet respond when Guildenstern asks how Hamlet's mother and Uncle are deceived?
(a) By saying they think he is mad
(b) By saying they are trying to kill him
(c) With nonsense lines about direction, the wind, and hawks and handsaws
(d) With a line about being and not being which Guildenstern does not understand

Short Answer Questions

1. Up to this point, how have Rosencrantz and Guildenstern proven to be?

2. What is the ridiculous conversation Rosencrantz initiates about fingernails and beards?

3. When Rosencrantz collects the coin, why does he say Guildenstern was lucky?

4. When Hamlet, Polonius, and Ophelia exit, where are they apparently going?

5. What is Guildenstern's angry reply to the Player's suggestion?

(see the answer key)

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