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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. Who enters after Hamlet and Ophelia exit the stage?
(a) Claudius and Gertrude
(b) Julius Caesar and Marc Anthony
(c) The Player and the troupe
(d) Ariel and Puck

2. How does Guildenstern win money from the Player and the troupe?
(a) He bets they cannot guess his birthday.
(b) He plays a shell game.
(c) He calls all coin tosses as heads.
(d) He calls all coin tosses as tails.

3. 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 runaway criminals and he has seen their pictures.
(c) The Player states that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are surely fellow artists.
(d) The player says that they are Lords and he recognizes them.

4. What strange comment does Rosencrantz make about questions?
(a) That questions always lead to more questions.
(b) That questions give him a headache.
(c) That he remembers when there were no questions.
(d) That he understands the questions but has no answers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Guildenstern assures Rosencrantz that they will be all right, what is Rosencrantz's reply?

2. Who do the two dead spies on stage turn out to be?

3. Who is standing upstage and lights a lantern?

4. After trying again and again, what is the score of the game?

5. Up to this point, how have Rosencrantz and Guildenstern proven to be?

(see the answer key)

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