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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 does Guildenstern see when he looks at the coin after trying a new method?
(a) Nothing. The coin has disappeared.
(b) Tails
(c) His hand is dirty.
(d) Heads

2. What assumption does the Player make about Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
(a) The player says that they are Lords and he recognizes them.
(b) The Player states that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are surely fellow artists.
(c) The Player says that they are runaway criminals and he has seen their pictures.
(d) The Player says that they are notable patrons of the arts.

3. As the scene changes from exterior to interior, who enters the stage?
(a) Ariel and Puck
(b) Anthony and Cleopatra
(c) Romeo and Juliet
(d) Hamlet and Ophelia

4. After speaking with Hamlet, what is the condition of Guildenstern and Rosencrantz?
(a) They are confused.
(b) They are satisfied.
(c) They think they know the answer.
(d) They are happy.

5. What question does Guildenstern put to the Player?
(a) He asks where they can find Hamlet.
(b) He asks the Player what he and Rosencrantz are supposed to do.
(c) He asks what he and Rosencrantz need to know.
(d) He asks which way is north.

Short Answer Questions

1. Back inside the castle, what does Rosencrantz declare?

2. How many corpses does the Player say the drama will have at the end?

3. What two different meanings do they seem to apply to the word madness?

4. What exchange is there between Hamlet and Ophelia?

5. What does Claudius tell Guildenstern and Rosencrantz?

(see the answer key)

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