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

2. Grabbing hold of the Player angrily, how does Guildenstern excuse himself?
(a) He reminds the Player that he had offered audience participation.
(b) He pretends to black out.
(c) He says he was merely testing the Player's reflexes.
(d) He says he tripped on a rock in the road.

3. What new theory does Guildenstern come up with for his run of bad luck?
(a) That the coins are heavier on one side than the other.
(b) That his arm has grown too tired to toss properly.
(c) That he needs to learn how to toss coins.
(d) That he is somehow willing for Rosencrantz to win.

4. How does Hamlet address Rosencrantz when he pulls him aside?
(a) As Guildenstern
(b) As my dearest friend
(c) As Polonius
(d) As Ophelia

5. What strange comparison does Guildenstern make to the coins?
(a) Rocks
(b) Monkeys
(c) Fish
(d) Apples

Short Answer Questions

1. In their conversation, what does the audience gather about Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?

2. What does Rosencrantz demand of the troupe?

3. How does Gertrude respond when she hears Guildenstern's prayer?

4. What does Rosencrantz tell Guildenstern he would do if he lost that many times?

5. When the King wants to see Hamlet, what does Rosencrantz do?

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