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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. Grabbing hold of the Player angrily, how does Guildenstern excuse himself?
(a) He says he was merely testing the Player's reflexes.
(b) He pretends to black out.
(c) He reminds the Player that he had offered audience participation.
(d) He says he tripped on a rock in the road.

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

3. Who enters after Hamlet and Ophelia exit the stage?
(a) Claudius and Gertrude
(b) Julius Caesar and Marc Anthony
(c) The Player and the troupe
(d) Ariel and Puck

4. What does Claudius request of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
(a) To try to figure out what is bothering Hamlet
(b) To explain why they are there
(c) To sing and dance
(d) To play a game of coins

5. What assumption does the Player make about Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
(a) The Player says that they are runaway criminals and he has seen their pictures.
(b) The player says that they are Lords and he recognizes them.
(c) The Player says that they are notable patrons of the arts.
(d) The Player states that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are surely fellow artists.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rosencrantz say as he looks out into the audience?

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

3. What indicates that Guildenstern may also be a bit confused?

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

5. What is Alfred's response when Guildenstern suggests they could set a dramatic precedent?

(see the answer key)

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