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Hamlet Acts 1-2
Hamlet Acts 1-2
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How has Hamlet decided to avenge his father's death?
He will act crazy.
He will get Ophelia to help him.
He will talk with his mother.
He will go on a murderous rampage.
2
Advice-giver to Laertes
Hamlet
Claudius
Polonius
Guildenstern
3
The official (what everyone thinks) cause of King Hamlet's death is snakebite.
False
True
4
Goes to college in France
Laertes
Hamlet
5
What is the setting of the play?
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
England
6
Claudius thinks that Hamlet has gone crazy because Ophelia has refused to see him.
True
False
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Drama Term: the audience knows more about the situations, the causes of conflicts, etc. BEFORE the leading characters do
tragic hero
dramatic irony
aside
soliloquy
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Fortinbras of Norway wants to wage war against Denmark because Old Hamlet killed Old Fortinbras.
False
True
9
Hamlet enters Ophelia's room uninvited, clothing in disarray, grabs her, and proceeds to yell insults.
True
False
10
Who said this: "Neither a borrower nor a lender be."
Claudius
Polonius
Laertes
Hamlet
11
Who said this: "'Tis unmanly grief. It shows a will most incorrect to heaven."
Claudius
Ophelia
Hamlet
Laertes
12
Drama Term: a speech delivered by a character alone on stage that reveals internal thoughts, motivations, or plans
dramatic irony
soliloquy
tragic hero
aside
13
The new king has married whom?
Hamlet's sister
Hamlet's mother
Hamlet's girlfriend
Hamlet's aunt
14
Drama Term: an object or idea that repeats itself throughout a literary work
motif
foreshadowing
aside
dramatic irony
15
The King of Norway arrested his nephew and punished him for threatening to attack Poland.
True
False
16
Polonius reads a letter in Act 2. Name that letter.
From Hamlet to Ophelia, read to Claudius and Gertrude
From Hamlet to Gertrude, read to Ophelia
From Gertrude to Claudius, read to Hamlet
From Ophelia to Hamlet, read to Laertes
17
Whom does the ghost say killed him?
Guildenstern
Hamlet
Horatio
Claudius
18
Drama Term: a great or virtuous character in a dramatic tragedy who is destined for downfall, suffering, or defeat
aside
hamartia
soliloquy
tragic hero
19
Who said this: "A little more kin and less than kind."
King Hamlet
Gertrude
Hamlet
Claudius
20
Who said this: "Though this be madness, yet there is method in it."
Polonius
Gertrude
Horatio
Hamlet
21
According to the guards, who does the ghost resemble?
Claudius
Horatio
Fortinbras
King Hamlet
22
Who said this: "The play's the thing / Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the King."
Claudius
Ophelia
Hamlet
Laertes
23
Who asks Reynaldo to spy on Laertes and make sure he is not acting foolish?
Claudius
Gertrude
Horatio
Polonius
24
Who said this: "Brevity is the soul of wit."
Ophelia
Fortinbras
Polonius
Marcellus
25
Advice-givers to Ophelia, in this order
Hamlet, then Claudius
Laertes, then Gertrude
Laertes, then Polonius
Gertrude, then Claudius
26
Why have Rosencrantz and Guildenstern been called to the castle?
They are the new chefs, and they are being asked to serve a wedding feast.
They are the king's new servants.
They are Hamlet's childhood friends, and they are being asked to gain info
They are Hamlet's most hated enemies and they will perform a play.
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Goes to college in Wittenberg
Hamlet
Laertes
28
Drama Term: a short comment that a character makes directly to the audience or himself (others pretend not to hear)
dramatic irony
aside
soliloquy
motif
29
Polonius thinks Hamlet is crazy because he has seen his father's ghost.
True
False
30
Who said this: "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark."
King Hamlet
Marcellus
Ophelia
Claudius
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Drama Term: a literary device to hint to readers something that is to follow or appear later in a story
aside
motif
foreshadowing
tragic hero
