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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, p. 55-84.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Guildenstern insists their meeting must have been chance, how does the Player reply?
(a) There is no chance of chance.
(b) It was written into a script.
(c) Stranger things have happened.
(d) It might have been fate.

2. What surprise does Rosencrantz get when he thinks he's playing with the Queen?
(a) It is Hamlet in a dress.
(b) It is the boy, Alfred.
(c) It is Ophelia.
(d) It is a maid.

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

4. What is the ridiculous conversation Rosencrantz initiates about fingernails and beards?
(a) Whether they are like toenails
(b) Whether they grow before birth and after death
(c) Whether they should be worn long or short
(d) Whether they grow at the same rate

5. What question does Guildenstern put to Rosencrantz about language?
(a) If he sometimes forgets what he wanted to say.
(b) If ordinary words often sound strange to him.
(c) If he knows the word for housewife in Danish.
(d) If he feels more comfortable speaking French.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Rosencrantz's emotional condition as a result of his encounters?

2. If they discover what is troubling Hamlet, what does Rosencrantz want to know?

3. What is Polonius' message for Claudius?

4. Why is the Player so happy to see the two men?

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

(see the answer key)

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