Hamlet (3/19/15)

Question 1

QUIZ QUESTION:

What is Hamlet’s mom’s name?

Answer 1

Gertrude

Question 2

QUIZ QUESTION:

Who goes to college with Hamlet?

Answer 2

Horatio

Question 3

Where is Hamlet Sr.’s soul?

Answer 3

In Purgatory

Question 4

How does the ghost [King Hamlet Sr.] say it died?

Answer 4

While he was sleeping in his orchard a serpent “stung” (bit) him /

Question 5

BIG QUOTE!

“The serpent that did sting thy father’s life now wears his crown”

Answer 5

• Ghost [King Hamlet] says it
• Hamlet hears it
• This is about who murdered King Hamlet. The serpent = King Claudius.

Question 6

FINISH THE BIG QUOTE:

“The serpent that ___________________________________”

Answer 6

did sting thy father’s life now ears his crown.

Question 7

LIST:

What are the 4 things that King Claudius stole from King Hamlet Sr.

Answer 7

1) Queen
2) Crown
3) Life
4) Salvation

Question 8

What was King Hamlet’s mistake that led to his death?

Answer 8

He always went out to the orchard, did the same thing and had a routine.

Question 9

How does Claudius poison King Hamlet?

Answer 9

Pours it in his ear.

Question 10

Why is Hamlet Sr. now in purgatory?

Answer 10

He hadn’t given a confession /

This is where the “stole his salvation” comes in

Question 11

SHAKESPEARE WORD:

Aught

Answer 11

anything

Question 12

When Hamlet Sr.’s ghost talks to Hamlet about seeking revenge, he says to hurt __________, but don’t hurt ___________.

Answer 12

Claudius; your mother.

Question 13

SHAKESPEARE WORD:

meet

Answer 13

fitting/appropriate

Question 14

After the ghost leaves, does Hamlet tell Horatio and Marcellus his secret?

Answer 14

No. But he comes close.

Question 15

After he is told about Hamlet Sr.’s murder, Hamlet Jr. proclaims that the ghost is _________________.

Answer 15

Honest and genuine

Question 16

Why does Hamlet want Horatio and Marcellus to “swear on his sword”?

Answer 16

Sword looks like a cross. Swear by the sword = swear to God. Hamlet makes them do this several times.

Question 17

FINISH THE BIG QUOTE:

“There are more things in heaven and earth Horatio, ____________________________________________.”

Answer 17

than are dreamt of in your philosophy”

Question 18

BIG QUOTE:

“There are more things in heaven and earth Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy”

Answer 18

• Hamlet says it
• To Horatio
• Horatio is a scholar, a learned man. But there are things that man can’t understand that are out of this world.

Question 19

What does it mean when Hamlet says he will put “an antic disposition on” himself?

Answer 19

He’s going to act crazy.

Question 20

How does acting crazy help Hamlet get his revenge?

Answer 20

It let’s him be places he shouldn’t be, is an excuse to go anywhere and do anything he wants.

Question 21

Polonius sends ____________ to spy on Laertes.

Answer 21

Reynaldo

Question 22

What sort of person does Hamlet not like?

Answer 22

People who seem to be on thing and then are another.

Question 23

How is it we know that time has between Act 1 and Act 2?

Answer 23

The word of Hamlet being crazy has spread.

Question 24

SHAKESPEARE WORD:

Sith

Answer 24

since

Question 25

SHAKESPEARE WORD:

nor…nor…

Answer 25

neither/nor

Question 26

SHAKESPEARE WORD:

vouchsafe

Answer 26

guarantee

Question 27

LIST:

What are the 2 reasons Claudius sends Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to find Hamlet?

Answer 27

1) Maybe they can cheer Hamlet up

2) Spy on him

Question 28

QUIZ QUESTION:

What are we reading and who’s the Author?

Answer 28

The Tragedy of Hamlet by William Shakespeare