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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, p. 55-84.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Rosencrantz collects the coin, why does he say Guildenstern was lucky?
(a) The coin was on heads again.
(b) The coin was on tails.
(c) The coin was buried in the sand.
(d) The coin was almost lost.

2. What does Guildenstern say about Hamlet?
(a) That he loves to play word games.
(b) That he is moody and melancholy.
(c) That there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with him.
(d) That he is a practical joker.

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

4. What does the player tell Guildenstern they are more about?
(a) The school of ballet
(b) The blood, love, and rhetoric school
(c) The school of mimery
(d) The stand-up comedy school

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What strange comment does Rosencrantz make about questions?

3. Who enters after Hamlet and Ophelia exit the stage?

4. What is Guildenstern's observation about their strange situation?

5. What is Rosencrantz's reply when Guildenstern asks if he contradicts himself?

(see the answer key)

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