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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are characters from which Shakespearean play?

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As the play opens, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are traveling because

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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern know Hamlet from

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When Rosencrantz and Guildenstern talk to characters like Ophelia, Hamlet, and Gertrude, their speech changes in what way(s)?

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Where does much of the play take place?

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Why is Hamlet upset and acting strangely?

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How do Rosencrantz and Guildenstern attempt to uncover the roots of Hamlet’s strange behavior?

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The Player leads a group of actors known as

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What happens to the other characters when the Tragedians approach?

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What is the relationship between Hamlet and Ophelia?

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During their games of question-and-answer, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern borrow the scoring method of which sport?

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Whom does Hamlet kill?

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The play is set in the early

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What’s the name of the play performed by the Tragedians?

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Why does Rosencrantz stop the Tragedians’ rehearsal?

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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern often pass the time by

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What does Claudius think of the play performed by the Tragedians?

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Why does Hamlet get angry at Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?

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Where are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern sailing to in Act III?

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The letter that Guildenstern carries on to the ship orders the execution of which character or characters?

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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern spend much of the play in which type of mental state?

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The play borrows from and explores which philosophy?

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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern escape the pirates by

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What happens to the Player on the ship?

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Who recites the plays final lines?