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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 saves Guildenstern from being trapped by Rosencrantz's betrayal?
(a) A scream is hear coming from inside the palace.
(b) The guard enters saying that hamlet got away.
(c) Hamlet is escorted in at that moment and he and his escort follow Claudius off stage.
(d) Hamlet runs across the stage followed by an angry troupe.

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

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

4. Where does the Player say they got The Murder of Gonzago?
(a) They wrote it themselves.
(b) They found it in a book.
(c) They stole it from the Italians.
(d) Hamlet gave them the script.

5. To shouts of "The King rises...Give o'er the play!" and cries for Lights, lights, lights!" how do the lights come up?
(a) As twinkling candles
(b) As late afternoon
(c) As moonlight
(d) As sunrise

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hamlet respond when Guildenstern asks how Hamlet's mother and Uncle are deceived?

2. What happens when Rosencrantz and Guildenstern make a snare for Hamlet out of their belts?

3. What happens after the Player dies?

4. How does Stoppard dramatize the death of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?

5. What question does Guildenstern put to the Player?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Rosencrantz hears music?

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

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

4. What happens over the subject of money?

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

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

7. When the lights finally do come up in Act 3, what does the audience see?

8. How does Rosencrantz sum up their position?

9. What advice does Rosencrantz give the Player whose troupe is invited to entertain at court?

10. When Hamlet does return, what does he say about the body?

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