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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. What does Rosencrantz remember about Hamlet?
(a) That he has changed.
(b) That he seldom spoke.
(c) Thet he has lost weight.
(d) That he had red hair.

2. Why is the troupe in disfavor from the King?
(a) Their costumes were shabby.
(b) He did not like their play.
(c) They insulted Gertrude.
(d) They got drunk at court.

3. How does Stoppard dramatize the death of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
(a) Having them walk out of the single spotlight on them.
(b) Having them drink poison and fall to the deck.
(c) Having them hang from a mast.
(d) Having them climb back into the barrels.

4. What does Rosencrantz say as he looks out into the audience?
(a) The direction he is looking must be east.
(b) The sun is sinking in the west.
(c) The audience looks asleep.
(d) That must be the raod home.

5. What is Rosencrantz's observation about Hamlet?
(a) That Hamlet just like to be the center of attention.
(b) That Hamlet is suffering from amnesia.
(c) That hamlet is just play acting.
(d) That the problem is more than Hamlet's father's death.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is standing upstage and lights a lantern?

2. What makes Hamlet bow?

3. What is Guildenstern's ominous prediction?

4. As characters enter and exit the stage, what is Rosencrantz's objection?

5. What does Claudius ask Rosencrantz and Guildenstern about Polonius?

(see the answer key)

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