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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What saves Guildenstern from being trapped by Rosencrantz's betrayal?
(a) Hamlet runs across the stage followed by an angry troupe.
(b) Hamlet is escorted in at that moment and he and his escort follow Claudius off stage.
(c) The guard enters saying that hamlet got away.
(d) A scream is hear coming from inside the palace.

2. What surprise does Rosencrantz get when he thinks he's playing with the Queen?
(a) It is a maid.
(b) It is Hamlet in a dress.
(c) It is Ophelia.
(d) It is the boy, Alfred.

3. What is Guildenstern's ominous prediction?
(a) Guildenstern says they will come to no good end.
(b) Guildenstern remarks that they are on trial.
(c) Guildenstern comments that they are on a path, to which they are condemned.
(d) Guildenstern suggests they are in a madhouse.

4. What makes Hamlet bow?
(a) Seeing Claudius approaching
(b) Thinking of Ophelia
(c) Tying his shoelace
(d) Seeing the Player approach

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

6. What do Hamlet, the Player, Rosencrantz, and Guildenstern do when pirates attack?
(a) Jump overboard
(b) Call for the soldier and the captain
(c) Leap into the barrels
(d) Beg for mercy

7. What are the lines from Shakespeare's Hamlet, Act II, Scene ii that Hamlet says as Act Two opens?
(a) Alas, poor Yorick, I knew him well.
(b) Out, out, damned spot.
(c) S'blood, there is something in this more than natural, if philosophy could find it out.
(d) The forest is coming to Elsinore.

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

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

10. Back inside the castle, what does Rosencrantz declare?
(a) That Hamlet has given himself up.
(b) That Claudius is not angry anymore.
(c) That they are now done with them.
(d) That he does not remember coming inside.

11. What is it that Guildenstern still does not know?
(a) Why people come in and out
(b) What the weather is like
(c) Which way is east
(d) Where they are

12. What does Rosencrantz ask Guildenstern about death?
(a) If he thinks he will never die
(b) If he is afraid to face death
(c) If he has ever thought of himself as dead, in a box with a lid on it
(d) If he thinks death is like falling asleep for a while

13. How many corpses does the Player say the drama will have at the end?
(a) Six
(b) Eight
(c) Four
(d) A hundred

14. What does Guildenstern say about Hamlet?
(a) That he is moody and melancholy.
(b) That there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with him.
(c) That he loves to play word games.
(d) That he is a practical joker.

15. What is the new game Rosencrantz and Guildenstern play with a coin?
(a) Guessing which hand the coin is in
(b) Balancing the coin on their noses
(c) Seeing if they can make the coin stand on edge
(d) Tossing the coin back and forth between them

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Guildenstern's reply when Rosencrantz says they have nothing to do?

2. Who is standing upstage and lights a lantern?

3. What does Rosencrantz tell the Player about Hamlet?

4. What is the one bit of knowledge that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are sure of?

5. What is Rosencrantz's response when Guildenstern asks how his leg feels?

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