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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 is the Player's response when Guildenstern asks where he is going?
(a) The Player retorts that he can come and go as he pleases.
(b) The Player tells him he is going to wash costumes.
(c) The Player answers that he is going to Denmark.
(d) The Player responds that he is going to find Hamlet.

2. Why does Rosencrantz have a coin in both hands?
(a) He wants Guildenstern to win and be happy.
(b) He likes the feel of coins.
(c) He wants to get rid of all his coins.
(d) He forgot he already had a coin in his hand.

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

4. 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 they never argue bacause they both see things the same way
(c) That it clear they never quite know where they are or what is going on
(d) That they are the butt of a complicated joke

5. Who are in the barrels?
(a) The Player, the troupe, and the musicians
(b) Stowaways from Denmark
(c) Hamlet's bodyguards
(d) Ophelia and Gertrude

Short Answer Questions

1. What amusing thing happens with the barrels?

2. What is the one bit of knowledge that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are sure of?

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

4. What do they bicker about?

5. After speaking with Hamlet, what is the condition of Guildenstern and Rosencrantz?

Short Essay Questions

1. What clue is there as to Hamlet's mental condition?

2. How does Rosencrantz initiate a new coin game?

3. What game does Rosencrantz initiate on the ship?

4. What happens when Rosencrantz hears music?

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

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

7. What prophetic remark does Rosencrantz make while they wait for instructions?

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

9. When Hamlet enters in Act 2, what does he say?

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

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