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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. 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 challenges to throw more coins.
(d) The Player spits on the coin.

2. Where does the Player say they got The Murder of Gonzago?
(a) They stole it from the Italians.
(b) They wrote it themselves.
(c) Hamlet gave them the script.
(d) They found it in a book.

3. What does Guildenstern say will eventually turn the game around?
(a) The law of gravity
(b) The law of relativity
(c) The law of diminishing returns
(d) The law of Hammurabi

4. What does Guildenstern do with the coins he takes out of his bag?
(a) Gives them to beggars
(b) Buys fruit
(c) Bites them
(d) Spins them

5. When Guildenstern insists their meeting must have been chance, how does the Player reply?
(a) It might have been fate.
(b) Stranger things have happened.
(c) There is no chance of chance.
(d) It was written into a script.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rosencrantz remember about Hamlet?

2. How does Hamlet respond when Guildenstern asks how Hamlet's mother and Uncle are deceived?

3. How does Guildenstern summarize that day?

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

5. How does Gertrude respond when she hears Guildenstern's prayer?

(see the answer key)

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