Act 4
Who said this: "the body is with the King, but the King is not with the body. The King is a thing.”
Hamlet
Why does Hamlet refrain from killing Claudius when he has the opportunity to?
Claudius is praying and he doesn't want Claudius to be absolved for his murder.
What words best describe Hamlet’s character throughout the play?
A. Mysterious, thoughtful, morose
B. Brave, sociable, fun
C. Easy-going, smooth, charismatic
D. Sensual, caring, effeminate
A. Mysterious, thoughtful, morose
Why is Hamlet sometimes considered to be a play about inaction?
A. Because Hamlet never hesitates when it comes to acting against Claudius
B. Because Hamlet spends the play trying to figure out if the ghost is real
C. Because Hamlet needs to know Claudius is guilty before acting
D. Because Gertrude and Ophelia are passive and inactive heroines
C. Because Hamlet needs to know Claudius is guilty before acting
How will England murdering Hamlet benefit Claudius?
1) Claudius will be safe. 2) Gertrude won't be upset with him for killing her son. 3) Denmark will be satisfied that Hamlet has been punished for murdering Polonius.
This character is the only Dane left standing
Who is Horatio
How did Claudius murder King Hamlet?
Poison in ear while napping
The Lord Chamberlain of Claudius's court, a pompous, conniving old man. ________ is the father of Laertes and Ophelia.
Polonius
Name the three characters who spied on Hamlet throughout the play for Claudius
Polonius, Rosencrantz, Guildenstern
How do Laertes and Hamlet react to Ohelia's death?
Jump in her grave and fight.
What did Hamlet do to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
Hamlet replaced (switched) the letter that called for his (Hamlet) execution (death) with letters calling for their (Rosencrantz and Guildenstern) execution.
Who said this and what does it mean?
But you must know your father lost a father,
That father lost, lost his, and the survivor bound
In filial obligation for some term
To do obsequious sorrow. But to persever
In obstinate condolement is a course
Of impious stubbornness, ’tis unmanly grief,
Claudius to Hamlet. It means that death is part of life and you have to get over it.
Hamlet's close friend, who studied with the prince at the university in Wittenberg. ________ is loyal and helpful to Hamlet throughout the play. After Hamlet's death, ________ remains alive to tell Hamlet's story.
Horatio
This is the name of the castle the royal family lives in
Elsinore
What prompts Hamlet to say, "My thoughts be bloody or be nothing worth!"?
He realizes his father has been murdered, his uncle is a murderer, his mother is living in an incestuous marriage, and the soldiers he has just seen are going to kill each other over a little piece of land which is not worth anything.
He sees Fortinbras getting revenge in violent ways and decides this is what he will do, too.
What is Hamlet contemplating in the soliloquy below:
To be, or not to be, that is the question:
Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing, end them. To die, to sleep—
No more, and by a sleep to say we end
The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to; ’tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wish’d. To die, to sleep—
To sleep, perchance to dream—ay, there’s the rub,
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come,
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause;
Hamlet is taking into consideration the pros and cons of suicide.
Who am I?
A calculating, ambitious politician, adept at manipulating others for his own ends and willing to execute, assassinate, or murder to stay in power.
King Claudius
Who delivers the final line of the play.
Who is Fortinbras
What is the content of Hamlet's letter to Horatio?
He explains that he escaped from Rosencrantz and Guildenstern onto a pirate ship. He is a prisoner, but is being treated well because the pirates want favors from him. He wants Horatio to give letters he has written to the King and Queen and then to come to see him as quickly as possible.
What happens to the King, Hamlet, Laertes and the Queen?
The King was killed by Hamlet.
Hamlet was killed by Laertes's sword.
Laertes was killed by poison on his own sword when Hamlet picked wrong sword in a fight.
The Queen drinks out of cup meant for Hamlet and she died.
Which of the following characters cannot see the ghost?
A. Marcellus
B. Hamlet
C. Gertrude
D. Horatio
There are many things about Osric that bother Hamlet. The scene in Hamlet, wherein Hamlet teases Osric about the weather, highlights a particular behavior that is bothersome. What is this behavior?
A. Not knowing how to wear a hat
B. Being unfamiliar with royal customs
C. Agreeing with Hamlet even though he is obviously wrong
D. Being unable to communicate effectively
C. Agreeing with Hamlet even though he is obviously wrong
This is the person whose skull Hamlet holds in Act 4 while contemplating life
Yorick