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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 type of play does the Player mention that comes at another cost?
(a) Plays from classical Greek drama
(b) Plays where the audience participates
(c) Plays that have never been performed before
(d) Plays that last over three hours

2. 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 falls to his knees scrambling for the coin.
(c) The Player spits on the coin.
(d) The Player challenges to throw more coins.

3. When Hamlet says he will be with them shortly, what do Rosencrantz and Guildenstern do?
(a) Wait for him
(b) Run off
(c) Laugh because they don't believe him
(d) Say they will stay by his side

4. Why does Rosencrantz think he can leave?
(a) He says they have permission to go.
(b) He says no one will miss them.
(c) He says they've been there long enough.
(d) He says Hamlet doesn't want them there.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do the two dead spies on stage turn out to be?

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

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

4. After everyone else has left the stage, how does the speech of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern change?

5. What is the Player's response when Rosencrantz asks if the two of them are enough for an audience?

(see the answer key)

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