Hamlet Test Flashcards
When confronting his mother with images of her former and present husband, Hamlet compared Claudius to a “mildewed _____ / Blasting his wholesome brother”.
ear
The prologue of The Murder of Gonzago (aka “The Mousetrap) was as brief as the “posy of a ring” or (to Hamlet) as brief as “ ______ ______”.
a woman’s love
After the apocalypse in Act 5.2, Fortinbras stumbles into Hamlet’s castle after returning from victory in claiming a small worth less piece of land in __________ (country).
Poland
After Hamlet has seen and talked with the ghost, he asks the men to swear not to tell what they have seen by swearing upon his _________.
sword
Because he is a suspicious, doddering old man, Polonius sends ________ to spy on Laertes while he is abroad.
Reynaldo
During the bout between Hamlet and Laertes, Claudius places a _______ in the chalice full of wine proportedly to honor Hamlet’s skill.
pearl
In Act 1.2, Laertes asks leave of Claudius to return to his studies in the city of ________.
Paris
The name of Hamlet’s castle in Denmark is _________.
Elsinore
When hamlet confronts Ophelia in the courtyard during Act 3, she is reading a _________.
book
Hamlet, Horatio, Rosencrantz, and Guildenstern are all students in the city of ________.
Wittenberg
“Get thee to a _________. Why wouldst thou be a breeder of sinners?”
nunnery
When Polonius asks Hamlet what is it he reads, Hamlet replies, “________, __________, ________.”
words
“Alas, poor _______. I knew him Horatio; a fellow infinite best, of most excellent fancy; he hath borne me on his back a thousand times; and now how abhorred in my imagination it is! My gorge rises at it. Here hound lips that i have kissed I know not how oft.”
yorick
“The play’s the thing / Wherein I’ll catch the _______ of a king.”
conscience
“What a piece of work is _____! How noble in reason! How infinite in faculty! In form, in moving, how express and admirable! In action how like an angel! In apprehension how like a god! The beauty of the world! The paragon of animals! And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust?”
a man
