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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What makes Rosencrantz and Guildenstern laugh at this new coin game?
(a) They have invented a new game
(b) The coin fall on tails every time
(c) Guildenstern wins back all his coins
(d) Both of Rosencrantz's hands are empty

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

5. Beside the two British Ambassadors, what characters from Shakespeare are on stage at the end of the play?
(a) Horatio and Fortinbras
(b) Ophelia and Gertrude
(c) Julius Caesar and Marc Anthony
(d) Othello and Iago

Short Answer Questions

1. When they open the letter, what is in it?

2. What do they bicker about?

3. What does Claudius tell Guildenstern and Rosencrantz?

4. Why is the troupe in disfavor from the King?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern doing at the beginning of Act 2?

2. How does Rosencrantz initiate a new coin game?

3. What leads up to the death scene and how does it play out?

4. Tell about the dialogue between Rosencrantz and Guildenstern after Rosencrantz insists they have permission to leave.

5. What blunder does Rosencrantz make over what he thinks is a woman?

6. What happens when Rosencrantz hears music?

7. When Hamlet does return, what does he say about the body?

8. What transpires when Rosencrantz brings up the subject of death?

9. What is the lie Rosencrantz tells Claudius?

10. What game does Rosencrantz initiate on the ship?

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