Show:
Act I
Act II
Act III
Act IV
Act V
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What strange sight do the sentinels report?
The Ghost of Hamlet Sr.
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What favor does Hamlet ask of the first player?
If he could add a scene to the play.
100
What is Hamlet considering in the “To be or not to be” soliloquy?
Suicide
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With what intent does Laertes come to the palace?
To kill Claudius (He feels that Claudius is to blame for Polonius's death)
100
Whose grave is the Gravedigger digging?
Ophelia's
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What do Horatio and Marcellus decide to do about the strange sight?
Tell Hamlet about it.
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Why did Hamlet visit Ophelia?
To see if she is on his side.
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Why does Claudius want to send Hamlet to England?
He knows too much. (Hamlet knows about the poisoning)
200
For what skill did Laertes gain a reputation in France?
Fencing
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Who is Yorick?
The king's jester
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What is the Ghost wearing?
Armor
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To what does Polonius ascribe Hamlet’s erratic behavior?
He is lovesick from Ophelia.
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Who is in on Hamlet’s scheme to get a reaction out of Claudius?
Horatio
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How does Claudius defuse or deflect Laertes’s anger?
He sides with him, lets him know that "we're all friends here."
300
Why does the Gravedigger say it won’t matter if the prince recovers his wits in England?
Everyone in England is crazy.
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How does Ophelia respond to Laertes’s advice?
She ignores him.
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Why does Polonius send Reynaldo to ask and spread rumors about Laertes in Paris?
To make sure that Laertes is being the upstanding citizen that he (Polonius) told him to be.
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How does Claudius react to the play?
He gets up and walks out.
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How did Hamlet get off the ship to England and get back to Denmark?
As he was on the ship to England, a pirate ship took over his ship, and Hamlet boarded the pirate ship.
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Why does the Doctor of Divinity refuse to perform a full funeral ceremony for Ophelia?
Ophelia committed suicide, and the Christian church looks down upon that.
500
What has Horatio worried about Denmark’s foreign policy?
If Denmark loses, Norway get everything!
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What do we learn about Polonius from his speeches?
He talks A LOT!
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Why does Hamlet not kill Claudius when he sees Claudius praying?
Because he knows that if he kills him while praying, Claudius will go to heaven.
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How does Hamlet compare Rosencrantz to a sponge?
Because Rosencrantz is a suck up to Claudius.
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How can Fortinbras justify his claim to the crown?
Everyone is dead...so he might as well be king.