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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 is Guildenstern's observation about their strange situation?
(a) That it is probably all a dream.
(b) That Claudius will explain everyting to them.
(c) That it will soon be over and they can go home.
(d) That they are fortunate that they are presented with alternatives.

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

3. What does Claudius request of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
(a) To try to figure out what is bothering Hamlet
(b) To sing and dance
(c) To explain why they are there
(d) To play a game of coins

4. What are the lines from Shakespeare's Hamlet, Act II, Scene ii that Hamlet says as Act Two opens?
(a) Alas, poor Yorick, I knew him well.
(b) The forest is coming to Elsinore.
(c) S'blood, there is something in this more than natural, if philosophy could find it out.
(d) Out, out, damned spot.

5. How does Gertrude respond when she hears Guildenstern's prayer?
(a) She says, "Praise the Lord."
(b) She says, "You need more than prayer."
(c) She says, "Amen."
(d) She says, "Thy will be done."

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Alfred's reply when Guildenstern asks if he likes being an actor?

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

3. When the time theory is disproved, what does Guildenstern think of next?

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

5. How does Guildenstern see the way the game keeps going?

(see the answer key)

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