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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Guildenstern say about death?
(a) He says that death is just a triffle and not worth worring about.
(b) He says that even though he is young, he is ready for death.
(c) Guildenstern says that death, for them, is not romantic, not a game soon over.
(d) He says that anyone can die but it takes a strong will to live.

2. When the King wants to see Hamlet, what does Rosencrantz do?
(a) Runs off stage
(b) Looks around to see if he came back
(c) Starts shouting Hamlet's name
(d) Orders Guildenstern to go get him

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

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

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

6. Where did Hamlet say the body of Polonius is?
(a) In the chapel
(b) With Ophelia
(c) In the river
(d) With the King

7. What do the sounds in the background at the opening of Act III suggest?
(a) That the scene is on a ship
(b) That the scene is in a jail
(c) That the scene is in a carriage.
(d) That a battle is going on

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

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

10. What happens to the troupe still dressed in their costumes?
(a) They drag Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to center stage.
(b) They all die in different ways.
(c) They join the audience.
(d) They walk off the stage.

11. What game do they play to occupy the time?
(a) The guessing game with coins
(b) The coin spinning game
(c) A game of chess
(d) Twenty questions

12. What is Rosencrantz's reply when Guildenstern asks why they would want to leave?
(a) So they get home before dark
(b) So they can be free
(c) So they can tell their friends about the adventure
(d) So they know where they are

13. What mime does Rosencrantz perform during the discussion of death?
(a) Marching in a funeral procession.
(b) Banging on a coffin lid.
(c) Lying down in a coffin.
(d) Placing flowers on a grave.

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

15. To lighten the discussion, what does Rosencrantz tell Guildenstern?
(a) How coffins were invented
(b) Silly and meaningless jokes about life and death
(c) The story of a man buried alive
(d) The burial practices of elephants

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Rosencrantz's prophetic remark after Hamlet enters with the soldier?

2. How does Hamlet slip away from Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?

3. What does Guildenstern do with a dagger he takes from the Player?

4. What does Rosencrantz tell the Player about Hamlet?

5. Back inside the castle, what does Rosencrantz declare?

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