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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 makes Hamlet bow?
(a) Tying his shoelace
(b) Seeing Claudius approaching
(c) Thinking of Ophelia
(d) Seeing the Player approach

2. How does the audience know that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern still do not know where they are?
(a) Guildenstern asks if he is there and Rosencrantz asks where.
(b) Rosencrantz thinks they are in a hospital.
(c) Guildenstern thinks they are in a jail but he cannot see.
(d) Rosencrantz asks if they are in China.

3. Why does Rosencrantz think he can leave?
(a) He says they have permission to go.
(b) He says no one will miss them.
(c) He says Hamlet doesn't want them there.
(d) He says they've been there long enough.

4. What does Guildenstern say about death?
(a) He says that anyone can die but it takes a strong will to live.
(b) Guildenstern says that death, for them, is not romantic, not a game soon over.
(c) He says that death is just a triffle and not worth worring about.
(d) He says that even though he is young, he is ready for death.

5. What is the new game Rosencrantz and Guildenstern play with a coin?
(a) Guessing which hand the coin is in
(b) Balancing the coin on their noses
(c) Tossing the coin back and forth between them
(d) Seeing if they can make the coin stand on edge

Short Answer Questions

1. What saves Guildenstern from being trapped by Rosencrantz's betrayal?

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

3. What is seen in their failure to trap Hamlet with their belts?

4. What do the sounds in the background at the opening of Act III suggest?

5. How does Hamlet address Rosencrantz when he pulls him aside?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the audience know what the stage setting is in Act 3?

2. Tell about the dialogue between Rosencrantz and Guildenstern after Rosencrantz insists they have permission to leave.

3. What leads up to the death scene and how does it play out?

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

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

6. After a blackout when someone shouts for the lights to come up, what does the audience see?

7. How are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern trying to figure out where they are?

8. What causes Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to laugh over the new coin game?

9. How does Rosencrantz initiate a new coin game?

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

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