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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, p. 34-53.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who enters after Hamlet and Ophelia exit the stage?
(a) Ariel and Puck
(b) Claudius and Gertrude
(c) Julius Caesar and Marc Anthony
(d) The Player and the troupe

2. What does Guildenstern do with the coins he takes out of his bag?
(a) Gives them to beggars
(b) Spins them
(c) Buys fruit
(d) Bites them

3. How are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern identified in Stoppard's script?
(a) Crantz and Stern
(b) Ros and Guil
(c) Rose and Guild
(d) Gentleman one and Gentleman two

4. How does Hamlet react when Rosencrantz and Guildenstern confront him?
(a) Hamlet asks them what they are doing at court.
(b) Hamlet shouts and runs off stage.
(c) Hamlet refers to them as friends and asks how they are.
(d) Hamlet does not recognize them.

5. What does Gertrude tell Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
(a) There are two of them and Hamlet is alone.
(b) They should get Ophelia to help them.
(c) Hamlet will talk to them because they are strangers.
(d) Hamlet has spoken of them and that she knows how fond of them he is.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what does Guildenstern say they can be sure?

2. What does Rosencrantz say that Guildenstern must be feeling?

3. How does Guildenstern summarize that day?

4. What is Rosencrantz's reply when Guildenstern asks if he contradicts himself?

5. What does Guildenstern do differently the next time he tosses a coin?

(see the answer key)

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