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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 blunder does Rosencrantz make with the introductions?
(a) He fails to mention their names.
(b) He cannot recall Guildenstern's name.
(c) He confuses their names, calling himself Guildenstern.
(d) He talks down to the Player as though he were a Lord.

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

3. What play does Hamlet ask the Player if his troupe can perform?
(a) Julius Caesar
(b) A Midsummer Night's Dream
(c) The Tempest
(d) The Murder of Gonzago

4. What does Guildenstern do differently the next time he tosses a coin?
(a) He lets it land in his other hand.
(b) He tosses two coins at once.
(c) He rubs the coin on his shirt before tossing it.
(d) He tosses it much farther away.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Hamlet tell Ophelia to go?

2. What does Claudius request of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?

3. What mime does Rosencrantz perform during the discussion of death?

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

5. What does Rosencrantz say when Guildenstern wonders if they will ever return?

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