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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 concession do Rosencrantz and Guildenstern make to Claudius and Gertrude?
(a) They commit to stay and to do whatever they can do to assist.
(b) They will play one game of coins.
(c) They will not tell Hamlet what Gertrude said.
(d) They will get the troupe to help them.

2. Up to this point, how have Rosencrantz and Guildenstern proven to be?
(a) Sure of themselves and their whereabouts
(b) Very knowledgable about Shakespeare
(c) Effectual in carrying out Claudius's orders
(d) Helpless and powerless to influence events around them

3. What saves Guildenstern from being trapped by Rosencrantz's betrayal?
(a) Hamlet runs across the stage followed by an angry troupe.
(b) The guard enters saying that hamlet got away.
(c) Hamlet is escorted in at that moment and he and his escort follow Claudius off stage.
(d) A scream is hear coming from inside the palace.

4. How does the dialogue change when Rosencrantz and Guildenstern speak with Claudius and Gertrude?
(a) They are too stunned to speak.
(b) They use Shakespearean English.
(c) The speak French.
(d) They speak in riddles.

5. When Rosencrantz and Guildenstern talk about the weather, what do they decide?
(a) That it's unusually cold for this time of year.
(b) That it's warm for Winter.
(c) That it's Autumn.
(d) That it's Spring.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Player do when Rosencrantz tosses a coin on the ground in front of the Player?

2. What is Hamlet doing?

3. What are the lines from Shakespeare's Hamlet, Act II, Scene ii that Hamlet says as Act Two opens?

4. What are the instruments the musicians play?

5. How does Guildenstern reply to Rosencrantz's idea about how Guildenstern must be feeling?

(see the answer key)

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