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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. Leaving Claudius and Gertrude, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are met by which character?
(a) Polonius
(b) Romeo
(c) Ophelia
(d) Hamlet

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

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

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

5. What new theory does Guildenstern come up with for his run of bad luck?
(a) That he is somehow willing for Rosencrantz to win.
(b) That his arm has grown too tired to toss properly.
(c) That the coins are heavier on one side than the other.
(d) That he needs to learn how to toss coins.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is strange about where Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are throughout the entire play?

3. As Rosencrantz and Guildenstern practice questioning one another, how do they keep score?

4. What do Rosencrantz and Guildenstern threaten to do to the Player?

5. What is Rosencrantz's reply when Guildenstern asks why they would want to leave?

(see the answer key)

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