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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 is the Player's response when Rosencrantz asks if the two of them are enough for an audience?
(a) The Player says it is all right if they pay extra for the show.
(b) The Player says they do not have time to put on a show right then.
(c) The Player says they will have to find more people to attend the show.
(d) He says two is small for an audience but about average for voyeurs.

2. What does Guildenstern want to know if the troupe knows?
(a) Any plays
(b) Any playwrights
(c) Any famous people
(d) Any popular songs

3. What question does Guildenstern put to Rosencrantz about language?
(a) If he feels more comfortable speaking French.
(b) If ordinary words often sound strange to him.
(c) If he sometimes forgets what he wanted to say.
(d) If he knows the word for housewife in Danish.

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

5. Of what does Guildenstern say they can be sure?
(a) That they will make a lot of money this time.
(b) That Hamlet will confide in them.
(c) That the only beginnings and endings are birth and death.
(d) That they will be at home by nightfall.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How much does the Player say it will cost for them to perform a gory romance?

3. What does Guildenstern suggest they do with Hamlet?

4. What is the Player's response when Guildenstern asks if the troupe found them by chance?

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

(see the answer key)

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