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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. What does Guildenstern explain to Rosencrantz about Hamlet's whereabouts?
(a) That he is being taken to England by a soldier.
(b) That he is being interrogated by the King.
(c) That he has gone into hiding.
(d) That he has escaped to Norway.

2. What event does Guildenstern recall as they talk about questions?
(a) A question for which he had no answer
(b) A man coming to summon them to court
(c) A time when he had not studied for an examination
(d) A play he saw about death

3. Still trying to explain his run of bad luck, why does Guildenstern think about time?
(a) He wonders if time is actually going backward making his spins go the opposite way.
(b) He wonders if his timing is all wrong when spinning the coins.
(c) He wonders if the time of day is affecting the magnetic fields.
(d) He wonders if it has stood still and he has actually spun the coin only once.

4. 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 challenges to throw more coins.
(d) The Player falls to his knees scrambling for the coin.

5. Where did Hamlet say the body of Polonius is?
(a) In the chapel
(b) With the King
(c) In the river
(d) With Ophelia

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Claudius request of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?

2. How does Guildenstern question what is happening with the game?

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

4. Grabbing hold of the Player angrily, how does Guildenstern excuse himself?

5. What is the Player's apology to Guildenstern and Rosencrantz?

(see the answer key)

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