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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, p. 97-126.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What assumption does the Player make about Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
(a) The Player says that they are notable patrons of the arts.
(b) The player says that they are Lords and he recognizes them.
(c) The Player states that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are surely fellow artists.
(d) The Player says that they are runaway criminals and he has seen their pictures.

2. Who are the last to die?
(a) Hamlet and the Player swordfight and kill each other.
(b) The two captured pirates are thrown overboard.
(c) The two remaining tragedians are dressed as Rosencrantz and Guildenstern and are stabbed.
(d) Hamlet and Ophelia drink poison and die in each other's arms.

3. What is the Player's apology to Guildenstern and Rosencrantz?
(a) He says that he had mistaken them for bawdy actors.
(b) He says that he was desparate to make money so they could eat.
(c) He says that they should have seen his troupe in better times.
(d) He says that he had only been joking with them just for the fun of it.

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

5. What is the one bit of knowledge that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are sure of?
(a) That they are facing north
(b) That Gertrude is a boy named Alfred
(c) That they were called to deliver a message
(d) That Hamlet is bing sent to England

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Claudius tell Guildenstern and Rosencrantz?

2. What does the Player try to explain to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?

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

4. What is the leader of the traveling group called?

5. When they meet the King of England, what troubles Rosencrantz?

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