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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. How does the encounter with Hamlet leave Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
(a) Confused about who they are
(b) Confused about what Hamlet said
(c) Confused about the coin game
(d) Confused about where they are

2. Where did Hamlet say the body of Polonius is?
(a) With the King
(b) With Ophelia
(c) In the chapel
(d) In the river

3. What do Rosencrantz and Guildenstern threaten to do to the Player?
(a) Expose him for a fraud
(b) Dance on his grave
(c) Have him arrested
(d) Cut out his tongue

4. How does Guildenstern reply to Rosencrantz's idea about how Guildenstern must be feeling?
(a) He says he is not really thinking about the game.
(b) He says that he doesn't mind losing because Rosencrantz is his friend.
(c) He says there are plenty more coins where those came from.
(d) He says there is suspense while the coins are in the air.

5. What does Guildenstern continue doing with the coin tosses?
(a) Trying different ways of tossing them
(b) Using only the heaviest coins
(c) Saying a prayer before tossing them
(d) Biting them before tossing them

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Guildenstern want to know if the troupe knows?

2. Where does Hamlet tell Ophelia to go?

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

4. How does Hamlet slip away from Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?

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

(see the answer key)

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