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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 indicates that Guildenstern may also be a bit confused?
(a) He asks if anything he says makes sense in his conversation.
(b) He asks if he is contradicting himself in his conversation.
(c) He forgets what he is saying in his conversation.
(d) He keeps repeating himself in his conversation.

2. What is Alfred's response when Guildenstern suggests they could set a dramatic precedent?
(a) He begins to cry.
(b) He starts dancing around.
(c) He asks what a precedent is.
(d) He runs for his costume.

3. How is it obvious that the two men have been playing the gambling game for a long time?
(a) Guildenstern asks Rosencrantz to loan him more coins.
(b) Guildenstern's bag is nearly empty while Rosencrantz's bag is full.
(c) There are coins scattered all over the stage.
(d) Rosencrantz keeps saying he is tired of playing the game.

4. What two different meanings do they seem to apply to the word madness?
(a) Either jealousy or revenge
(b) Either fear or excitement
(c) Either hate or love
(d) Either insanity or anger

5. What does Guildenstern see when he looks at the coin after trying a new method?
(a) His hand is dirty.
(b) Tails
(c) Nothing. The coin has disappeared.
(d) Heads

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rosencrantz realize about the costumes of two of the troupe?

2. Who are the well-dressed Elizabethan gentlemen at the opening of the play?

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

4. What is the Player's response when Guildenstern asks where he is going?

5. What does Guildenstern mean when he says he is afraid, too?

(see the answer key)

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