You might assume that the arrival of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern is a simple reunion, but do you remember the precise moment when Hamlet discerns their deception? Hamlet Act 2 Scene 2 Quiz This Hamlet Act 2 Scene 2 Quiz tests your memory of the longest scene in the play and the famous rogue and peasant slave speech.

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Hamlet Act 2 Scene 2 Quiz Questions
- Who summons Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to Elsinore?
- What is the reason Claudius gives for summoning Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
- How are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern related to Hamlet?
- What does Claudius promise Rosencrantz and Guildenstern as a reward?
- Who enters after Claudius and Gertrude speak to the courtiers?
- What news does Polonius bring to the King and Queen?
- Who does Polonius believe is the cause of Hamlet’s madness?
- What does Gertrude think causes Hamlet’s strange behavior?
- What does Polonius read aloud to prove his theory?
- How does Claudius respond to Polonius’s reading?
- What plan does Polonius propose to test Hamlet’s madness?
- Where will the King and Polonius hide to observe Hamlet and Ophelia?
- Who enters after Polonius’s plan is agreed upon?
- How does Hamlet greet Polonius when he enters?
- What does Hamlet call Polonius?
- What does Hamlet suggest about honesty in his conversation with Polonius?
- What does Hamlet say about the sun breeding maggots in a dead dog?
- How does Polonius interpret Hamlet’s strange speech?
- What do Rosencrantz and Guildenstern admit to Hamlet after some questioning?
- What theme does Hamlet discuss with his friends?
- What does Hamlet call Denmark?
- What news do Rosencrantz and Guildenstern share with Hamlet?
- How does Hamlet react to the news of the players?
- Who enters with the players?
- What does Hamlet ask one of the players to recite?
- What does Polonius say about the speech?
- What plan does Hamlet devise after hearing the speech?
- What does Hamlet call the play he will stage?
- What line does Hamlet end the scene with?
- What theme is reinforced by Hamlet’s plan for the play?
