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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. How does Guildenstern reply to Rosencrantz's idea about how Guildenstern must be feeling?
(a) He says he is not really thinking about the game.
(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 there are plenty more coins where those came from.

2. Where did Hamlet say the body of Polonius is?
(a) With the King
(b) In the river
(c) In the chapel
(d) With Ophelia

3. How is the troupe's cart being pulled?
(a) By two of the actors
(b) By two white horses
(c) By two donkeys
(d) By the two musicians

4. What mime does Rosencrantz perform during the discussion of death?
(a) Lying down in a coffin.
(b) Marching in a funeral procession.
(c) Placing flowers on a grave.
(d) Banging on a coffin lid.

5. What is Rosencrantz's emotional condition as a result of his encounters?
(a) He understands everything that is happening around him.
(b) Rosencrantz continues to feel stressed and seems to feel a death is coming.
(c) He is apologetic for winning all of Guildenstern's money.
(d) He is confident that everything will now turn out all right.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Player's response when Rosencrantz asks if the two of them are enough for an audience?

2. What does the Player say to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern upon meeting them on the road?

3. What does Rosencrantz tell the Player about Hamlet?

4. What are the instruments the musicians play?

5. How does the dialogue change when Rosencrantz and Guildenstern speak with Claudius and Gertrude?

(see the answer key)

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