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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, p. 84-95.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Grabbing hold of the Player angrily, how does Guildenstern excuse himself?
(a) He says he was merely testing the Player's reflexes.
(b) He reminds the Player that he had offered audience participation.
(c) He pretends to black out.
(d) He says he tripped on a rock in the road.

2. How does Guildenstern win money from the Player and the troupe?
(a) He bets they cannot guess his birthday.
(b) He calls all coin tosses as heads.
(c) He calls all coin tosses as tails.
(d) He plays a shell game.

3. What decision do Rosencrantz and Guildenstern find impossible to make?
(a) Leave in opposite directions from each other
(b) Go looking for Hamlet
(c) Whether to go or stay
(d) Whether to believe anyone who speaks to them

4. What is Rosencrantz's reply when Guildenstern asks why they would want to leave?
(a) So they can be free
(b) So they can tell their friends about the adventure
(c) So they know where they are
(d) So they get home before dark

5. What does Gertrude tell Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
(a) Hamlet has spoken of them and that she knows how fond of them he is.
(b) There are two of them and Hamlet is alone.
(c) They should get Ophelia to help them.
(d) Hamlet will talk to them because they are strangers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who enters after Hamlet and Ophelia exit the stage?

2. What is Guildenstern's angry reply to the Player's suggestion?

3. What is the Player's reaction when Guildenstern says he may be able to use his influence at the court to get them shows?

4. What concession do Rosencrantz and Guildenstern make to Claudius and Gertrude?

5. What does the Player do when Rosencrantz tosses a coin on the ground in front of the Player?

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