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How does Polonius explain Hamlet’s actions?
He's mad for love
At the beginning of Act I Scene I, what is Horatio's attitude regarding the existence of the Ghost?
He is skeptical
Why are the soldiers on guard at the gate?
Defend Denmark against Young Fortinbras
O, that this too too solid flesh would melt Thaw and resolve itself into a dew! Or that the Everlasting had not
fix'd His canon 'gainst self-slaughter! O God! God! How weary, stale, flat and unprofitable, Seem to me all the
uses of this world!"
The subject of the aforementioned quote is ...
Suicide
What does Hamlet mean when he says,
"Unhand me, gentlemen. By heaven, I'll make a ghost of him that lets me!"
I will kill you if you don't let me go!
How does Hamlet modify the play that is to be played before the King?
Adds lines
In Act II Scene II, what is Laertes' request before the king?
To return to France
Who is asked to speak to and question the Ghost?
Horatio
Who speaks the following line?
"But that I am forbid To tell the secrets of my prison-house, I could a tale
unfold whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood, Make thy two eyes, like stars,
start from their spheres, Thy knotted and combined locks to part And each particular hair to stand on end, Like
quills upon the fretful porpentine: But this eternal blazon must not be To ears of flesh and blood"
The Ghost
On what does Hamlet make his companions swear?
Sword
What is Hamlet trying to decide in his “To be or not to be…” soliloquy?
If he is ready and willing to die
What is Polonius' advice to Ophelia regarding Hamlet?
"Do not trust his vows"
What does Horatio say to convince Hamlet to not follow the ghost
It may take another, horrible, for
It may drive you mad (insane)
It may tempt you to the cliff
"The play’s the thing / Wherein I’ll catch the conscience of the king”
Who spoke the aforementioned quote?
Hamlet
Where was Old Hamlet (the ghost) when he was poisoned?
Sleeping in his orchard
Fortinbras is moving his armed forces against Poland for this…
A worthless piece of land
Other than Horatio and Hamlet, which other character is on watch for the Ghost?
Marcellus
In Act I Scene IV, what is Claudius doing?
Throwing a party
"Though yet of Hamlet our dear brother's death The memory be green, and that it us befitted To bear our hearts
in grief and our whole kingdom To be contracted in one brow of woe,"
Who spoke the aforementioned quote?
Claudius
Horatio claims he is at Elsinore for this purpose…
the funeral of King Hamlet
When Hamlet is asked about the location of Polonius, he first responds…
at supper
When Hamlet leaves after the Ghost, what do his companions decide to do?
Follow him
While Hamlet is bound to avenge his father by killing his uncle, what is his duty regarding Gertrude?
Leave her to God's judgement
Who speaks the following quote:
"Seems, madam! nay it is; I know not 'seems.' 'Tis not alone my inky cloak, good mother, Nor customary suits of solemn black, Nor windy suspiration of forced breath, No, nor the fruitful river in the eye, Nor the dejected 'havior of the visage, Together with all forms, moods, shapes of grief, That can denote me truly: these indeed seem, For they are actions that a man might play: But I have that within which passeth show; These but the trappings and the suits of woe."
Hamlet
Which of the following is Reynaldo instructed to do
Make up stories about Laertes
Find Laertes' friends
Contact Laertes himself