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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. To shouts of "The King rises...Give o'er the play!" and cries for Lights, lights, lights!" how do the lights come up?
(a) As twinkling candles
(b) As late afternoon
(c) As sunrise
(d) As moonlight

2. What is Rosencrantz's emotional condition as a result of his encounters?
(a) He is apologetic for winning all of Guildenstern's money.
(b) He understands everything that is happening around him.
(c) Rosencrantz continues to feel stressed and seems to feel a death is coming.
(d) He is confident that everything will now turn out all right.

3. Trying to determine what Rosencrantz wants to see, what does the Player mention not too subtly?
(a) Adam and Eve in the Garden in their original costumes
(b) Great Tragedies and comedies they have performed before kings
(c) Rapes are mentioned and he alludes to wives and "ravished virgins" and asks if he is getting warm.
(d) Bawdy barroom ballads acted out by the mimes as the musician splay and sing

4. How does Guildenstern summarize that day?
(a) they were sleeping and suddenly found themselves on a road they don't know.
(b) Right after breakfast they got a summons for jury duty.
(c) They were awakened at dawn with a message, a summons, and a new record for heads and tails.
(d) They got a message to come quickly but it did not tell them where.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Hamlet, Polonius, and Ophelia exit, where are they apparently going?

2. What does Guildenstern say will eventually turn the game around?

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

4. In what way is Rosencrantz defensive as he discusses the game with Guildenstern?

5. What are the lines from Shakespeare's Hamlet, Act II, Scene ii that Hamlet says as Act Two opens?

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