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

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

3. 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

4. When the troupe runs out of money, what do they offer Guildenstern?
(a) Alfred
(b) Musical instruments
(c) A show
(d) Bread

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the Player still trying to appeal to prurient interest to get more money?

2. Where does Rosencrantz want to go?

3. What is the Player's apology to Guildenstern and Rosencrantz?

4. How does the dialogue change when Rosencrantz and Guildenstern speak with Claudius and Gertrude?

5. What blunder does Rosencrantz make with the introductions?

(see the answer key)

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