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Shakespeare and Hamlet
Shakespeare and Hamlet
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1
A
soliloquy
is:
a kind of songbird
A humorous song in a play
A character speaking directly to the audience
A character speaking to himself
2
Which of these is NOT a typical feature of revenge tragedies?
A ghost appears
innocent characters become victims of tragic events
A play within a play
Mistaken identity
3
Fill in the blank: "the _______________________ of outrageous fortune"
bad and boujee
dungeons and dragons
cloaks and daggers
slings and arrows
4
True or false: Hamlet considers
suicide
to be an act of
cowardice
.
False
True
5
What is an
aside
?
An actor introducing the matter of the play to the audience
A side character
A curtain on the side of the stage
An actor addressing the audience while speaking to another character
6
Finish the quote: "and take up arms against _________________________"
an ocean of worries
a ship of sadness
the bloody bubbles
a sea of troubles
7
True or false: Hamlet decides to take revenge on his uncle after speaking to a witch.
False
True
8
What is Ophelia's relationship with Hamlet?
His beloved
His mother
His sister
His cousin
9
How many plays did Shakespeare write?
10
27
65
37
10
What is Hamlet's poetic phrase for
the troubles of daily life and the strife and suffering of the world
?
Mortal combat
Mortal coil
Mortal madness
Sound and fury
11
Choose the wrong answer: What makes Hamlet such an interesting, compelling character?
His top G energy
His struggle with questions that all of us struggle with
The touch of madness and the question whether it is fake or not
His moral complexity
12
What phrase from "To be or not to be" refers to the afterlife?
The big farm in the sky
The undiscovered country
The immortal realm
The endless river
13
True or false: Elizabethan actors often played over-the-top and broke the fourth wall.
False
True
14
True or false: Theatre was considered a
high art
during Shakespeare's time.
True
False
15
What genre does "Hamlet" belong to?
Romance
Revenge tragedy
Farce
Historical drama
