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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. What does the Player do when Rosencrantz tosses a coin on the ground in front of the Player?
(a) The Player spits on the coin.
(b) The Player looks at it and declares it heads.
(c) The Player falls to his knees scrambling for the coin.
(d) The Player challenges to throw more coins.

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

3. To lighten the discussion, what does Rosencrantz tell Guildenstern?
(a) The story of a man buried alive
(b) How coffins were invented
(c) The burial practices of elephants
(d) Silly and meaningless jokes about life and death

4. What assumption does the Player make about Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
(a) The Player states that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are surely fellow artists.
(b) The Player says that they are runaway criminals and he has seen their pictures.
(c) The Player says that they are notable patrons of the arts.
(d) The player says that they are Lords and he recognizes them.

5. What exchange is there between Hamlet and Ophelia?
(a) Ophelia is shouting at Hamlet.
(b) Hamlet is laughing and Ophelia is shocked.
(c) Ophelia is crying and Hamlet tries to comfort her.
(d) Hamlet sighs and stares into Ophelia's face.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Player say to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern upon meeting them on the road?

2. When the troupe moves on, why does the Player stand in one place?

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

4. What is Rosencrantz's reaction to the way the game keeps going?

5. What is the Player's response when Guildenstern asks if the troupe found them by chance?

(see the answer key)

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