How does Laertes die?

He is cut by his own poisoned blade.

Why does Laertes curse the priest at Ophelia's funeral?

He is upset his sister is not receiving a full proper Christian burial.

When Hamlet beholds the skull of Yorick, what is the subject of his speech?

the destiny of all people's bodies to rot and decay

At the start of Act 5, what are the gravediggers discussing?

Ophelia has apparently committed suicide

How does Laertes demonstrate the level of his grief over Ophelia's death?

he jumps in the grave with her body

What does Hamlet insist at Ophelia's funeral?

His grief for Ophelia is forty thousand times that of Laertes' grief.

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Hamlet Quiz 9.16 Act 5

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1
How does Laertes die?
He is murdered by Claudius for accepting Hamlet's apology.
He is cut by his own poisoned blade.
He drinks from Claudius's poisoned cup of wine.
Hamlet kills him at Ophelia's funeral.
2
What do the gravediggers often employ in their conversations?
black humor
long soliloquies
angry tirades
melancholy odes
3
To which historical figures does Hamlet allude in Act 5, Scene 1?
Alexander the Great
both of the above
neither of the above
Julius Caesar
4
Who kills Claudius?
Gertrude
Horatio
Laertes
Hamlet
5
Why does Laertes curse the priest at Ophelia's funeral?
He is upset his sister is not receiving a full proper Christian burial.
He knows the priest is the same one who presided over Polonius's burial.
He blames the priest for his role in Ophelia's death.
The priest has been paid by Hamlet to bury Ophelia in unsanctified ground.
6
When Hamlet beholds the skull of Yorick, what is the subject of his speech?
the hope that one day he will see Yorick again in heaven
the destiny of all people's bodies to rot and decay
the fear he had of Yorick when he was a young boy
the way Yorick betrayed his father as Claudius did
7
At the start of Act 5, what are the gravediggers discussing?
Hamlet is only feigning madness
Claudius has murdered Hamlet's father
Ophelia has apparently committed suicide
Laertes has returned to Denmark from France
8
How does Laertes demonstrate the level of his grief over Ophelia's death?
he jumps in the grave with her body
he commits suicide, as well
he departs immediately for France
he attacks Claudius and Gertrude
9
At the conclusion of the play, who does Hamlet say he wants to be the next king of Denmark?
Fortinbras
Horatio
Rosencrantz
Guildenstern
10
What does Hamlet insist at Ophelia's funeral?
He has returned to kill Claudius for murdering the former king.
Only Gertrude knows that he is not truly insane, but faking madness.
His grief for Ophelia is forty thousand times that of Laertes' grief.
He is not the person who killed Polonius in Gertrude's chamber.

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