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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. How is the Player still trying to appeal to prurient interest to get more money?
(a) He winks at Guildenstern and suggests he would like to participate in something other than fighting.
(b) He confides to Guildenstern that, for a price, he has a bawdy performance of The Rape of the Sabine Women.
(c) He asks Guildenstern if he would like the troupe to remove their clothes.
(d) He tells Guildenstern that for a price they will do King Lear in the nude.

2. If they discover what is troubling Hamlet, what does Rosencrantz want to know?
(a) Will they tell anyone?
(b) Will they have to do something else?
(c) Will they be free to go home?
(d) Will they get a large reward?

3. Leaving Claudius and Gertrude, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are met by which character?
(a) Ophelia
(b) Polonius
(c) Hamlet
(d) Romeo

4. What does Guildenstern explain to Rosencrantz about Hamlet's whereabouts?
(a) That he has escaped to Norway.
(b) That he has gone into hiding.
(c) That he is being taken to England by a soldier.
(d) That he is being interrogated by the King.

5. What is the one bit of knowledge that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are sure of?
(a) That Hamlet is bing sent to England
(b) That they are facing north
(c) That Gertrude is a boy named Alfred
(d) That they were called to deliver a message

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is the Player so happy to see the two men?

3. Where did Hamlet say the body of Polonius is?

4. Back inside the castle, what does Rosencrantz declare?

5. When Hamlet says he will be with them shortly, what do Rosencrantz and Guildenstern do?

(see the answer key)

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