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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Guildenstern do with a dagger he takes from the Player?
(a) He cleans his nails.
(b) He cuts the Player's throat.
(c) He plunges it into the Player all the way to the hilt.
(d) He uses it to slice bread.

2. How does Hamlet slip away from Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
(a) When they turn to see Claudius, he slips away quietly.
(b) When the lights go out, Hamlet disappears.
(c) When they bow low, he walks away and they do not see him.
(d) When the troupe comes between them, Hamlet runs.

3. What game do they play to occupy the time?
(a) A game of chess
(b) Twenty questions
(c) The coin spinning game
(d) The guessing game with coins

4. What amusing thing happens with the barrels?
(a) The barrels roll over and into the audience.
(b) The pirates get into the barrels and the troupe nails them inside.
(c) The barrels break open and spills everyone onot the deck.
(d) People pop out of different barrels than the ones they entered.

5. As characters enter and exit the stage, what is Rosencrantz's objection?
(a) He complains that people are always coming and going.
(b) He complains that he cannot remember their names.
(c) He complains that he never gets to lie down and rest.
(d) He complains that he never has time to talk to anyone.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Rosencrantz have a coin in both hands?

2. What play does Hamlet ask the Player if his troupe can perform?

3. When they open the letter, what is in it?

4. What question does Guildenstern put to the Player?

5. In their conversation, what does the audience gather about Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Rosencrantz sum up their position?

2. What happens over the subject of money?

3. What blunder does Rosencrantz make over what he thinks is a woman?

4. What is Rosencrantz's dark question on the subject of death?

5. What is the tragic news Claudius bears when he and Gertrude enter to find Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?

6. Describe the hilarious scene involving the belts of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.

7. What happens when the King orders Guildenstern to go and bring Hamlet?

8. Describe the funny bowing scene with Hamlet and Claudius.

9. What are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern doing at the beginning of Act 2?

10. What game does Rosencrantz initiate on the ship?

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