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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 are the lines from Shakespeare's Hamlet, Act II, Scene ii that Hamlet says as Act Two opens?
(a) Out, out, damned spot.
(b) Alas, poor Yorick, I knew him well.
(c) S'blood, there is something in this more than natural, if philosophy could find it out.
(d) The forest is coming to Elsinore.

2. What question does Guildenstern put to the Player?
(a) He asks the Player what he and Rosencrantz are supposed to do.
(b) He asks which way is north.
(c) He asks where they can find Hamlet.
(d) He asks what he and Rosencrantz need to know.

3. What is Guildenstern's angry reply to the Player's suggestion?
(a) He calls the Player a pimp and orders him to leave with his troupe.
(b) He laughs in the Player's face and calls him stupid.
(c) He says he was prepared for any kind of messenger, but instead he is approached by prostitutes.
(d) He draws his sword and tells the Player if he suggests that again, he will kill him.

4. How much does the Player say it will cost for them to perform a gory romance?
(a) A small bag of coins
(b) A handful of coins
(c) A coin for each actor
(d) A single coin

5. What does Rosencrantz answer when Claudius asks where Hamlet is?
(a) That he went to England.
(b) That he is under guard.
(c) That he is in the library.
(d) That he is with the Queen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Finally what does Rosencrantz decide to do?

2. Still trying to explain his run of bad luck, why does Guildenstern think about time?

3. What does Claudius tell Guildenstern and Rosencrantz?

4. How does Rosencrantz show that he is confused?

5. Up to this point, how have Rosencrantz and Guildenstern proven to be?

(see the answer key)

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