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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. Why does Guildenstern say they do not need to worry about what to say to the King?
(a) The King will only want to talk to Hamlet.
(b) They always think of something.
(c) They have a letter from Claudius to the English King.
(d) The soldier will speak for them.

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

3. Where do Rosencrantz and Guilderstern finally ascertain that they are?
(a) On the way home
(b) In a dungeon
(c) On a boat
(d) In a stagecoach

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

5. What is strange about where Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are throughout the entire play?
(a) They think they are in England.
(b) They move quickly from place to place.
(c) They are either on the road or in the castle.
(d) They are always in the same place and the action and characters come to them.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the audience know that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern still do not know where they are?

2. What does Rosencrantz tell the Player about Hamlet?

3. Who are in the barrels?

4. What do they bicker about?

5. Who is standing upstage and lights a lantern?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Rosencrantz's dark question on the subject of death?

3. What does Hamlet ask the Player?

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

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

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

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

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

9. After a blackout when someone shouts for the lights to come up, what does the audience see?

10. Describe the funny bowing scene with Hamlet and Claudius.

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