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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. What does Hamlet do with the letter he takes from Guildenstern?
(a) He goes behind the umbrella and reads it.
(b) He burns it with flame from the lantern.
(c) He tears it into a thousand pieces.
(d) He wads it up and tosses it into the sea.

2. What is Hamlet doing?
(a) Looking for Ophelia
(b) Dragging the body of Polonius
(c) Reading a book
(d) Carrying a bloody daggar

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

4. What happens when Rosencrantz and Guildenstern make a snare for Hamlet out of their belts?
(a) Rosencrantz's pants fall down around his ankles.
(b) Guildenstern's belt breaks.
(c) The belts are not long enough.
(d) Hamlet sees them and runs away.

5. How does Hamlet respond when Guildenstern asks how Hamlet's mother and Uncle are deceived?
(a) With nonsense lines about direction, the wind, and hawks and handsaws
(b) By saying they think he is mad
(c) With a line about being and not being which Guildenstern does not understand
(d) By saying they are trying to kill him

Short Answer Questions

1. When Hamlet, Polonius, and Ophelia exit, where are they apparently going?

2. What makes Rosencrantz and Guildenstern laugh at this new coin game?

3. What does Rosencrantz tell the Player about Hamlet?

4. What do Rosencrantz and Guildenstern threaten to do to the Player?

5. Who do the two dead spies on stage turn out to be?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Rosencrantz sum up their position?

2. The stage is dark when Act 3 begins. Describe what the audience hears.

3. How does the audience know what the stage setting is in Act 3?

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

5. When Hamlet enters in Act 2, what does he say?

6. What happens when the King orders Guildenstern to go and bring Hamlet?

7. What is the tragic news Claudius bears when he and Gertrude enter to find Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?

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

9. What happens over the subject of money?

10. What causes Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to laugh over the new coin game?

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