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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is Rosencrantz's prophetic remark after Hamlet enters with the soldier?
(a) Rosencrantz remarks that "They will have us hanging about till we're dead."
(b) He says that "They will never be allowed to go home at this rate."
(c) He says that "I think we will have them go with Hamlet."
(d) He says that "Everything has been crazy all day."
2. What indicates that Hamlet is insane?
(a) He asks nonsense questions and accepts nonsense answers.
(b) He does not recognize Claudius and Gertrude.
(c) He believes Ophelia is a nun.
(d) He is always talking to himself and drags the body of Polonius around.
3. What makes Hamlet bow?
(a) Seeing Claudius approaching
(b) Tying his shoelace
(c) Seeing the Player approach
(d) Thinking of Ophelia
4. What is strange about where Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are throughout the entire play?
(a) They are either on the road or in the castle.
(b) They move quickly from place to place.
(c) They think they are in England.
(d) They are always in the same place and the action and characters come to them.
5. What props are on the stage as the lights finally come up on Act III?
(a) Three unbrellas and a large box
(b) Three large casks and an umbrella
(c) Three coffins and a deck chair
(d) Three masts and a coiled rope
6. Why does Rosencrantz think he can leave?
(a) He says no one will miss them.
(b) He says they've been there long enough.
(c) He says Hamlet doesn't want them there.
(d) He says they have permission to go.
7. When they open the letter, what is in it?
(a) Hamlet is to be beheaded.
(b) Hamlet will be sent on to the colonies.
(c) Hamlet is to marry the King's daugher.
(d) Hamlet is exiled to England.
8. What does Rosencrantz say when Guildenstern wonders if they will ever return?
(a) He says he will never leave home again.
(b) He asks why they would ever want to return.
(c) He says they will return when the weather is warmer.
(d) He says thay cannot return because they do not know where they are.
9. In their conversation, what does the audience gather about Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
(a) That they are too educated to understand simple minded people
(b) That it clear they never quite know where they are or what is going on
(c) That they never argue bacause they both see things the same way
(d) That they are the butt of a complicated joke
10. As characters enter and exit the stage, what is Rosencrantz's objection?
(a) He complains that he cannot remember their names.
(b) He complains that he never has time to talk to anyone.
(c) He complains that people are always coming and going.
(d) He complains that he never gets to lie down and rest.
11. What does Rosencrantz demand of the troupe?
(a) That must provide an excellent performance at court, and may not present their usual smutty acts.
(b) That they use court language when they address Hamlet, Claudius, and Gertrude.
(c) That they clean their costumes before they perform at court.
(d) That they must not mention having met them on the road to the court.
12. To lighten the discussion, what does Rosencrantz tell Guildenstern?
(a) How coffins were invented
(b) Silly and meaningless jokes about life and death
(c) The burial practices of elephants
(d) The story of a man buried alive
13. How does the audience know that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern still do not know where they are?
(a) Rosencrantz thinks they are in a hospital.
(b) Guildenstern thinks they are in a jail but he cannot see.
(c) Rosencrantz asks if they are in China.
(d) Guildenstern asks if he is there and Rosencrantz asks where.
14. Who is standing upstage and lights a lantern?
(a) Alfred
(b) Claudius
(c) Hamlet
(d) The Player
15. What is Guildenstern's reply when Rosencrantz says they have nothing to do?
(a) Guildenstern suggests they write letters.
(b) Guildenstern reminds him that they are taking Hamlet to England.
(c) Guildenstern says they can put on a play.
(d) Guildenstern says someone will come tell them what to do.
Short Answer Questions
1. What do Hamlet, the Player, Rosencrantz, and Guildenstern do when pirates attack?
2. Who are the last to die?
3. When the King wants to see Hamlet, what does Rosencrantz do?
4. What does Guildenstern say about death?
5. When Hamlet says he will be with them shortly, what do Rosencrantz and Guildenstern do?
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