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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, p. 97-126.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Rosencrantz and Guildenstern practice questioning one another, how do they keep score?
(a) Rosencrantz gives guildenstern a coin for each correct answer.
(b) They make tally marks on the ground.
(c) They get ten points for each unanswerable question.
(d) Rosencrantz uses tennis term to keep score, but nothing makes sense.

2. What play does Hamlet ask the Player if his troupe can perform?
(a) A Midsummer Night's Dream
(b) The Tempest
(c) Julius Caesar
(d) The Murder of Gonzago

3. What question does Guildenstern put to the Player?
(a) He asks where they can find Hamlet.
(b) He asks the Player what he and Rosencrantz are supposed to do.
(c) He asks what he and Rosencrantz need to know.
(d) He asks which way is north.

4. Up to this point, how have Rosencrantz and Guildenstern proven to be?
(a) Effectual in carrying out Claudius's orders
(b) Helpless and powerless to influence events around them
(c) Very knowledgable about Shakespeare
(d) Sure of themselves and their whereabouts

5. What does Rosencrantz demand of the troupe?
(a) That they use court language when they address Hamlet, Claudius, and Gertrude.
(b) That they must not mention having met them on the road to the court.
(c) That they clean their costumes before they perform at court.
(d) That must provide an excellent performance at court, and may not present their usual smutty acts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Rosencrantz's observation about Hamlet?

2. Still in the dark, what do the two realize?

3. As the scene changes from exterior to interior, who enters the stage?

4. Guildenstern is aware that the game defies _________________________.

5. What is strange about where Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are throughout the entire play?

(see the answer key)

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