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Finish the Line
The Play's the Thing
Hot love on the wing
Seems, Nay
100
“ Thrift, thrift, ________! the funeral baked meats Did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables.”
What is Hamlet's speech to Horatio about how quickly his mother remarried.
100
"Neither a borrower, nor a __________"
What is "lender be"?
100
The King's reaction to the play.
What is stopping the play by standing and asking the lights to be turned on?
100
Polonius believes it to be the reason for Hamlet's madness.
What is unrequited love for Ophelia?
100
The reason Rosencrantz and Guildenstern were sent for.
What is to spy on Hamlet, determine the reason for his madness and pull him out of his depression?
200
“The time is out of joint; O cursed spite, That ever I was born to set it right!”
What is Hamlet's speech to Horatio and the guards after seeing his father.
200
"Brevity is the ________"
What is "soul of wit"?
200
The arrangement Hamlet makes with Player 1.
What is to insert extra lines in an effort to catch the king?
200
Polonius' plan for testing his theory that Hamlet is love-crazy.
What is to have Hamlet happen upon and speak to Ophelia while he and the king listen?
200
The King has Rosencrantz and Guildenstern prepare to do this.
What is take Hamlet to England?
300
“ More matter, with less art.”
What is Gertrude's speech to Polonius.
300
"More honoured in the breach than the _______"
What is "observance"?
300
The message Rosencrantz and Guildenstern carry to the King and his response.
What is that there will be a play and that he will attend?
300
Before he leaves to study at the University of Paris (Act I, Scene III), Laertes warns his sister, Ophelia, to be wary of Hamlet's attentions toward her, saying Hamlet regards her as little more than a "toy." Is it possible that Laertes is right, that Hamlet really is not serious about Ophelia?
Answers will vary but should be supported with proof from the text
300
The arrangement between Reynaldo and Polonius.
What is spying on Laertes at school by spreading rumors of his son?
400
" What a piece of work is a man! how noble in reason! how infinite in faculty!"
What is Hamlet's speech to Rosencrantz or Guildenstern?
400
"To sleep; ________________"
What is "perchance to dream"?
400
Hamlet and Horatio's decision about the King's reaction.
What is that the king is guilty?
400
Hamlet is angry because his mother married Claudius so soon after the death of old King Hamlet. Was Gertrude having an affair with Claudius before her husband's death?
Answers will vary but should be supported with proof from the text.
400
Hamlet puts on an "antic disposition"—that is, he pretends to be insane. But is he, in fact, insane or mentally unstable?
Answers will vary and should be supported with proof from the text.
500
"Indeed, my lord, you made me believe so."
What is Ophelia's response to Hamlet when he said he loved her?
500
"The lady doth _______________"
What is "protest too much, me thinks"?
500
Hamlet's place while watching the play.
What is Ophelia's lap?
500
We see romantic relationships in different forms and with different attitude presented about them. Even Hamlet himself seems to have one point of view then another. What message do you think Shakespeare is trying to give us about romantic love in Hamlet?
Answers will vary but should be supported with proof from the text.
500
The reason for Polonuis's death.
What is that he was spying on Hamlet, hiding behind the curtain while Hamlet spoke to his mother and Hamlet thought he was the king so he killed him.