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

2. What do Rosencrantz and Guildenstern threaten to do to the Player?
(a) Dance on his grave
(b) Cut out his tongue
(c) Have him arrested
(d) Expose him for a fraud

3. What happens when Rosencrantz kicks one of the large barrels?
(a) It tips over.
(b) The music stops.
(c) The lid pops open.
(d) It yells at him.

4. When Hamlet, Polonius, and Ophelia exit, where are they apparently going?
(a) France
(b) England
(c) Denmark
(d) Norway

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What play does Hamlet ask the Player if his troupe can perform?

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

3. What is it that Guildenstern still does not know?

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

5. Beside the two British Ambassadors, what characters from Shakespeare are on stage at the end of the play?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Rosencrantz hears music?

2. What is Guildenstern's rationale for not catching Hamlet?

3. When the lights finally do come up in Act 3, what does the audience see?

4. What clue is there as to Hamlet's mental condition?

5. What happens over the subject of money?

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

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

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

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

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

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