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When Horatio says, “This bodes some strange eruption to our state” (I. 1. 80), what does he mean by “this”?

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The appearance of the king as a ghost

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“The head is not more native to the heart / The hand more instrumental to the mouth / Than is the throne of Denmark to thy father” (I. 2. 48-50) contains an example of…

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synecdoche

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“It shows a will most incorrect to heaven / A heart unfortified, a mind impatient / An understanding simple and unschooled” (I. 2. 100-101) contains an example of…

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Parallel structure.

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“‘Tis an unweeded garden / That grows to seed” (I. 2. 139-140) contains an example of…

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Metaphor

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Hamlet’s statement that “The funeral baked meats / Did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables” (1. 2. 187-188) suggests…

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Hardly any time passed between his father’s dying and his mother’s remarrying.

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In Act One, Scene 3, why does Laertes warn his sister?

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Hamlet cannot do whatever he wants because he is the prince.

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Ophelia’s reply (I. 3. 50ff) to her brother does not contain an example of …

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Allusion

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In Act One, Scene 3, Polonius thinks of Hamlet’s “vows” as…

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Traps

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According to Hamlet (I. 4. 26ff), some men…

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Are ruined by a single flaw in character.

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“My fate cries out / And makes each petty arture in this body / As hardy as the Nemean lion’s nerve” (I. 5. 91) does NOT contain an example of

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Allusion.

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What is the Ghost referring to when he says, “O horrible, O horrible, most horrible!” (I. 5. 87)?

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Being deprived of life when his soul wasn’t ready.

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Hamlet’s 2nd soliloquy is known as the tabula rasa speech because…

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He swears to have nothing except revenge on his mind.

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In the first 75 lines of Act Two, Scene 1, Polonius gives Reynaldo instructions to…

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Find out what his son is up to.

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Why does Ophelia tell her father she has been “so affrighted!” (II. 1. 85) by Hamlet?

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He showed up completely dishevelled and didn’t say a word.

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Claudius wants Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to “draw [Hamlet] on to pleasures” (II. 2. 15) because…

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He wants to know what else is going on with Hamlet.

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Polonius’ lines 92-99 in Act Two, Scene 2, are…

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Ironic.

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According to Polonius, Hamlet’s recent behaviour is

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The result of his daughter’s rejection.

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Hamlet’s lines in “the fishmonger scene” with Polonius are written as…

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Prose

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What is the purpose of the encounter between Hamlet and Polonius in Act Two, Scene 2?

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To make it difficult to tell whether Hamlet really has lost his mind.

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In his conversation with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, Hamlet compares Denmark to…

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A prison.

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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern tells Hamlet they were sent for because…

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He’s found them out and they can’t hide it.

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“This quintessence of dust” (II. 2. 331) is a metaphor for..

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His human existence.

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Why does Hamlet say “But my uncle-father and aunt-mother are deceived” (II. 2. 399-400)?

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He might seem unhinged, but really still has all of his wits.

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Hamlet welcomes the Players warmly because…

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He has always enjoyed and admired them.

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What does Hamlet want the Players to do?

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Put on a play with lines he’ll add.

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When he is alone again, who does Hamlet call a “rogue and peasant slave” (II. 2. 576)?

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Hamlet

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In the 3rd soliloquy, Hamlet does NOT express

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Residual anger about his mother’s frailty.

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“He would drown the stage with tears / And cleave the general ear with horrid speech” (II. 2. 589-590) contains (select ALL that apply)

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Synecdoche.

Hyperbole.

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“For murder, though it have no tongue, will speak / With most miraculous organ” (II. 2. 622-623) contains an example of…

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Personification.

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At the end of Act Two, Hamlet decides…

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He’ll act once he sees how Claudius reacts to the reenactment of his father’s death.

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At the beginning of Act Three, who comments specifically on the way Hamlet keeps his distance?

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Guildenstern

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In the text, Ophelia…

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Is planted by Polonius in Hamlet’s path.

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“To sleep” as it appears in Hamlet’s “To be or not to be” soliloquy could be considered (select ALL that DONT apply)

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oxymoron

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What does this soliloquy have in common with the “rogue and peasant slave” one in the previous Act?

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Hamlet’s thoughts on cowardice

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What happens when Ophelia tries to return certain things to Hamlet?

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He denies having given them to her.

36
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What reason(s) can Hamlet have for telling Ophelia, “Get thee to a nunnery” (III. 1. 131ff)? (Select ALL that apply)

A

She belongs there where she can’t be “a breeder of sinners”.

She’s safer there where “arrant knaves” can’t get to her.

37
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Why does Ophelia cry, “Oh, woe is me…” (III. 1. 174)?

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She sees what a change has come over the Hamlet she knew.

38
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At the end of Act Three, Scene 1, Polonius proposes that

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He spy on Hamlet while his mother talks to him.

39
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Hamlet wants the Player at the start of Act Three, Scene 2, to be…

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Subtle.

40
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Who says the line, “If he steal aught the whilst this play is playing / And ‘scape detecting, I will pay the theft”?

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Horatio

41
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Where does Hamlet position himself during the performance?

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By Ophelia

42
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At what point does Hamlet ask Gertrude whether she’s enjoying the performance?

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After the Player Queen leaves the Player King to sleep.

43
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Why does the performance end abruptly?

A

Claudius gets out of his seat.

44
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Lines 394ff, “You would play upon me, you / would seem to know my stops, you would pluck / out the heart of my mystery, you would sound me / from my lowest note to the top of my compass; / and there is much music, excellent voice, in this / little organ, yet cannot you make it speak. ’Sblood, / do you think I am easier to be played on than a pipe? / Call me what instrument you will, though you can / fret me, you cannot play upon me” contain an example of…

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Extended metaphor.

45
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Hamlet’s 5th soliloquy, “‘Tis now the very witching time of night” (III. 2. 419ff) is mainly preoccupied with…

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His conference with Gertrude.

46
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Claudius is unable to pray because…

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He still has the things he killed for.

47
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Hamlet does not kill Claudius when he catches his uncle alone because…

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It wouldn’t be revenge if he dies in a state of grace.

48
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Claudius’ “My words fly up, my thoughts remain below / Words without thoughts never to heaven go” (III. 3. 102-103) makes Hamlet’s decision to put off revenge

A

Ironic.

49
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When in Act Three, Scene 4 does Gertrude cry out for help?

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When Hamlet says she cannot leave until she sees her soul

50
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What does Gertrude refer to when she says “This is the very coinage of your brain” (157)?

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Hamlet seeing his father’s ghost

51
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“I must be cruel only to be kind” (199) is an example of…

A

Paradox.

52
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Hamlet does NOT tell his mother…

A

The Ghost wants him to kill Claudius.

53
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“This counselor / Is now most still, most secret, and most grave…” (III. 4. 236-7) does NOT contain…

A

Hyperbole

54
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What does Gertrude tell Claudius at the beginning of Act Four, Scene 1?

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Hamlet in madness believed he was killing a rat.

55
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Who does Hamlet call a sponge in Act Four, Scene 2?

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Rosencrantz

56
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Where will Claudius’ men find Polonius?

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They’ll smell him once his decomposing body starts to stink up the lobby.

57
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“Do it, England / For like the hectic in my blood he rages / And thou must cure me” (IV. 3. 74-76) contain an example of (select ALL that DONT apply)

A

Euphemism

58
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What does Hamlet learn before departing for England?

A

Fortinbras announcing his presence in Denmark

59
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The 6th soliloquy (IV. 4. 34ff) is similar to BOTH the “too, too sullied flesh” and “rogue and peasant slave” soliloquies earlier on in the play because Hamlet once again launches into

A

A comparison of sharp contrasts in character.

60
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Fortinbras is best read as…

A

A foil.

61
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“O, from this time forth / My thoughts be bloody or be nothing worth!” (IV. 4. 68-69) sounds most like Hamlet’s resolutions in the following soliloquy:

A

The tabula rasa speech in Act Two

62
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Who is the Queen reluctant to see in Act Four, Scene 5?

A

Ophelia

63
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There is pandemonium at Elsinore because…

A

Laertes has returned with power to challenge the king.

64
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What does Claudius promise to give Laertes?

A

Help with his vendetta

65
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Act Four, Scene 6, reveals that Hamlet is already on his way back to Denmark because of

A

Pirates.

66
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Why doesn’t Claudius make a move against Hamlet himself? (Select ALL that apply.)

A

Gertrude loves her son too much.

The people of Denmark would turn against him.

67
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Laertes says he will be ruled by Claudius if it means…

A

He can be the one to kill Hamlet.

68
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How will Claudius and Laertes ensure Hamlet dies?

A

They will poison weapon and drink.

69
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What news does Gertrude bring?

A

Ophelia is drowned in the river.

70
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Why does the person for whom a grave is being dug at the start of Act Five get a Christian burial?

A

She was a gentlewoman.

71
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Who’s Yorick?

A

Someone Hamlet remembers

72
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What does the Doctor tell Laertes (230ff)?

A

Ophelia has already gotten more than she deserves.

73
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How does Hamlet react to news of Ophelia’s death?

A

He rants with grief.

74
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When Horatio remarks, “So Guildenstern and Rosencrantz go to ‘t” (II. 2. 63), what exactly does he mean?

A

They go unwittingly to their doom.

75
Q

Hamlet expresses remorse for the way he treated

A

Laertes.

76
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What is Hamlet’s answer to Osric?

A

He will participate in the King’s wager.

77
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What does Hamlet deny?

A

Intending to wrong Laertes

78
Q

Who scores the first two hits of the duel?

A

Hamlet, both

79
Q

Why does Claudius tell Gertrude not to drink?

A

He knows it will kill her.

80
Q

Although Laertes intends to harm Hamlet at the 3rd pass, what happens unexpectedly?

A

Laertes is wounded by his own sword.

81
Q

Who is first to accuse the King outright of treachery?

A

Laertes

82
Q

What happens to Claudius?

A

He succumbs to poison in weapon and drink.

83
Q

Why does Horatio pick up the poisoned cup?

A

He would join Hamlet, his friend.

84
Q

“O proud Death / What feast is toward in thine eternal cell / That thou so many princes at a shot / So bloodily hast struck?” (V. 2. 403ff) contain (select ALL that apply)

A

rhetorical question

85
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Who does Hamlet signal should be in charge of Denmark?

A

Fortinbras

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