Act 2 Scene 1 & Scene 2

Question 1

(scene 1) stage directions says “… Polonius” Shakespeare wants us to know …., particularly in this scene

Answer 1

old; Polonius’ age

Question 2

(scene 1) Polonius sending Reynaldo to … to ….

Answer 2

France; spy on Laertes

Question 3

(scene 1) Polonius tells Reynaldo that he can accuse Laertes of …. List of lies: …., …., …, …, ….

Answer 3

anything; drinking too much; fencing; swearing; quarreling; drabbing

Question 4

(scene 1) drabbing: dealing with

Answer 4

prostitutes

Question 5

(scene 1) Polonius tells Reynaldo to make Laertes’s thoughts seem

Answer 5

normal

Question 6

(scene 1) Polonius is speaking but then he … what he was speaking of: could be …or maybe he’s … Reynaldo to ensure he’s …

Answer 6

forgets; senile; testing; paying attention

Question 7

(scene 1) Polonius tells Reynaldo to make sure that the person he’s speaking to abut Laertes calls Reynaldo

Answer 7

“good friend”

Question 8

(scene 1) Polonius’s purpose: by indirection

Answer 8

he would find direction

Question 9

(scene 1) by indirection he would find direction means: if you make the friends think they can tell you …, they will tell you …→ way to find out what Laertes is …

Answer 9

anything; everything; truly up to

Question 10

(scene 1) At the end, Polonius tells Reynaldo to

Answer 10

spy on Laertes directly

Question 11

(scene 1) Elizabethans like …: 2 bedrooms → 1 for …, outer bedroom is … and this is where …. are spent

Answer 11

privacy; sleeping; closet; private hours

Question 12

(scene 1) Ophelia in …., Hamlet appears without … (this showed respect when you’re …), filthy …., pants have fallen to his …, … face, shirt ….

Answer 12

closet; hat; courting; stockings; ankles; pale; visible

Question 13

(scene 1) Hamlet is trying out …→ He has a small circle ( … and …) that does not include …

Answer 13

antic disposition; Horatio; Marcellus; Ophelia

Question 14

(scene 1) Ophelia is …. Hamlet doesn’t mind … during his pursuit for revenge

Answer 14

scared; scaring her

Question 15

(scene 1) Hamlet’s willingness to scare her is revealing of … OR is she in on it? Polonius told her …

Answer 15

his character; not to see him

Question 16

(scene 1) Polonius wants to tell …: antic disposition toward Ophelia → he knew she would tell …, who would tell … → … effect by scaring her

Answer 16

Claudius; Polonius; Claudius; domino

Question 17

(scene 1) Polonius thinks Ham. is insane with … → claims that his initial opinion was wrong

Answer 17

unrequited love

Question 18

(scene 1) This scene shows that what the play presents to us is not …, to figure out his problem we need to look past the …. the play presents to us

Answer 18

Hamlet’s problem; evidence

Question 19

(scene 1) … and … is possibly Hamlet’s problem (in my opinion)

Answer 19

grief; sense of betrayal

Question 20

(scene 2) … and …. are in Denmark

Answer 20

Rosencrantz; Guildenstern

Question 21

(scene 2) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are … names indicating that they are students of …. → they know … and …

Answer 21

jewish-german; wittenberg; hamlet; horatio

Question 22

(scene 2) Claudius sent for .. and …: some time has elapsed between scene 1 and scene 2

Answer 22

Rosencrantz; Guildenstern

Question 23

(scene 2) King under impression that Hamlet underwent … and that this transformation is NOT because of ….

Answer 23

transformation; King Hamlet’s death

Question 24

(scene 2) Whatever the reason for Hamlet’s transformation, Claudius can’t even … → shows that Claudius is …, he has a hard time seeing …

Answer 24

dream of; small-minded; himself

Question 25

(scene 2) Claudius brought Rosencrantz and Guildenstern because they knew Hamlet since they were … → hoping that presence brings back …., Also, to get … out of Hamlet (…)

Answer 25

kids; Hamlet’s old self; info; spy

Question 26

(scene 2) According to Gertrude, Hamlet talks much of … and … → he … to them, he is incredibly … to them (no …. he’s … to)
This is the first time we see Gertrude actually ….

Answer 26

Rosencrantz; Guildenstern; adheres; close; 2 people; close; scheme against Hamlet

Question 27

(scene 2) Gertrude is participating in …., if she isn’t lying, that makes this even more …, this is revealing of her …

Answer 27

the espionage; vile; character

Question 28

(scene 2) Ros and Guild completely agree …., no …. at all

Answer 28

without question; push-back

Question 29

(scene 2) Claudius called Rosencrantz and Guildenstern by the wrong …., Gertrude ….

Answer 29

name; corrects him

Question 30

(scene 2) nothing that … Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, they speak nearly exactly …

Answer 30

distinguishes; the same

Question 31

(scene 2) Gertrude is the one who knew …., is she the …?

Answer 31

Hamlet’s friends; mastermind

Question 32

(scene 2) Queen Elizabeth had huge network of …, some think Gertrude based on her

Answer 32

spies

Question 33

(scene 2) Polonius: “this brain of mine/ Hunts not the trail of policy so sure.” this means:

Answer 33

he’s not as sharp as he once was

Question 34

(scene 2) Polonius calls Hamlet’s insanity

Answer 34

“lunacy”

Question 35

(scene 2) lunatics: people who are so crazy that they … Claudius and Gertrude aren’t

Answer 35

howl at the moon; offended

Question 36

(scene 2) moment between Claudius and Gertrude: Hamlet is now Gertrude’s son … (cl. calls him “….”),

Answer 36

only; your son

Question 37

(scene 2) Gertrude believes the cause of Hamlet’s problem is …. and ….
She knew this would …., is she a ….?

Answer 37

King Hamlet’s death; their quick marriage; hurt Hamlet; villain