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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the audience know that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern still do not know where they are?
(a) Rosencrantz thinks they are in a hospital.
(b) Rosencrantz asks if they are in China.
(c) Guildenstern asks if he is there and Rosencrantz asks where.
(d) Guildenstern thinks they are in a jail but he cannot see.

2. When they meet the King of England, what troubles Rosencrantz?
(a) Rosencrantz thinks their clothes are not good enough.
(b) Rosencrantz does not know how to speak English.
(c) Roesncrantz fears they might be in trouble.
(d) Rosencrantz is nervous about what they will say.

3. What does Claudius tell Guildenstern and Rosencrantz?
(a) That the show is about to start
(b) That Ophelia has gone to a nunnery
(c) That Hamlet has killed Polonius
(d) That Gertrude is looking for them

4. What does Rosencrantz say when Guildenstern wonders if they will ever return?
(a) He says they will return when the weather is warmer.
(b) He says thay cannot return because they do not know where they are.
(c) He asks why they would ever want to return.
(d) He says he will never leave home again.

5. What is the Player's response when Guildenstern asks where he is going?
(a) The Player responds that he is going to find Hamlet.
(b) The Player answers that he is going to Denmark.
(c) The Player retorts that he can come and go as he pleases.
(d) The Player tells him he is going to wash costumes.

6. What does Guildenstern do with a dagger he takes from the Player?
(a) He cuts the Player's throat.
(b) He plunges it into the Player all the way to the hilt.
(c) He uses it to slice bread.
(d) He cleans his nails.

7. How does the encounter with Hamlet leave Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
(a) Confused about where they are
(b) Confused about who they are
(c) Confused about the coin game
(d) Confused about what Hamlet said

8. Why does Rosencrantz have a coin in both hands?
(a) He wants Guildenstern to win and be happy.
(b) He forgot he already had a coin in his hand.
(c) He likes the feel of coins.
(d) He wants to get rid of all his coins.

9. What is Rosencrantz's response when Guildenstern asks how his leg feels?
(a) Dead
(b) Asleep
(c) Heavy
(d) Chained down

10. Who do the two dead spies on stage turn out to be?
(a) Guildenstern and Rosencrantz
(b) Alfred and the Player
(c) Hamlet and Ophelia
(d) Claudius and Gertrude

11. Finally what does Rosencrantz decide to do?
(a) Hit Hamlet over the head
(b) Play another game of coins
(c) Leave for home
(d) Call for Claudius

12. As they are discussing the letter, who emerges from behind the umbrellas and walks toward the lantern?
(a) Hamlet
(b) The soldier
(c) The ship's captain
(d) The troupe

13. What does Rosencrantz demand of the troupe?
(a) That they must not mention having met them on the road to the court.
(b) That must provide an excellent performance at court, and may not present their usual smutty acts.
(c) That they use court language when they address Hamlet, Claudius, and Gertrude.
(d) That they clean their costumes before they perform at court.

14. What morbid questions does Rosencrantz ask Guildenstern about death?
(a) Do you think death hurts a lot?
(b) Do you think the ship will sink?
(c) Do you think death could possibly be a boat?
(d) Do you think death awaits us in England?

15. What amusing thing happens with the barrels?
(a) The barrels break open and spills everyone onot the deck.
(b) The pirates get into the barrels and the troupe nails them inside.
(c) The barrels roll over and into the audience.
(d) People pop out of different barrels than the ones they entered.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Hamlet doing?

2. Who is standing upstage and lights a lantern?

3. What does Hamlet do with the letter he takes from Guildenstern?

4. As characters enter and exit the stage, what is Rosencrantz's objection?

5. What does Guildenstern say about Hamlet?

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