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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. Trying to determine what Rosencrantz wants to see, what does the Player mention not too subtly?
(a) Bawdy barroom ballads acted out by the mimes as the musician splay and sing
(b) Rapes are mentioned and he alludes to wives and "ravished virgins" and asks if he is getting warm.
(c) Great Tragedies and comedies they have performed before kings
(d) Adam and Eve in the Garden in their original costumes

2. What indicates that Hamlet is insane?
(a) He is always talking to himself and drags the body of Polonius around.
(b) He believes Ophelia is a nun.
(c) He asks nonsense questions and accepts nonsense answers.
(d) He does not recognize Claudius and Gertrude.

3. How does Gertrude respond when she hears Guildenstern's prayer?
(a) She says, "Praise the Lord."
(b) She says, "Amen."
(c) She says, "Thy will be done."
(d) She says, "You need more than prayer."

4. Who do the two dead spies on stage turn out to be?
(a) Alfred and the Player
(b) Claudius and Gertrude
(c) Guildenstern and Rosencrantz
(d) Hamlet and Ophelia

5. What does the Player do when Rosencrantz tosses a coin on the ground in front of the Player?
(a) The Player challenges to throw more coins.
(b) The Player spits on the coin.
(c) The Player looks at it and declares it heads.
(d) The Player falls to his knees scrambling for the coin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes Hamlet bow?

2. When Guildenstern insists their meeting must have been chance, how does the Player reply?

3. What does Gertrude tell Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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