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

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

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

4. Where does the Player say they got The Murder of Gonzago?
(a) They found it in a book.
(b) They wrote it themselves.
(c) Hamlet gave them the script.
(d) They stole it from the Italians.

5. Talking about acting on assumptions, what does the Player ask the two men?
(a) He asks them what it is that they assume.
(b) He asks them if they understand the word, assume.
(c) He asks them if they are ready to assume.
(d) He asks them why they didn't know that.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Rosencrantz's emotional condition as a result of his encounters?

2. What is Rosencrantz's reply when Guildenstern asks if he contradicts himself?

3. As Rosencrantz and Guildenstern practice questioning one another, how do they keep score?

4. To shouts of "The King rises...Give o'er the play!" and cries for Lights, lights, lights!" how do the lights come up?

5. What is Rosencrantz's observation about Hamlet?

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