Unit 7: Cheer Up Love

Question 1

KING: But now, my cousin Hamlet, and my son-

Answer 1

A little more than kin, and less than kind

Question 2

KING: How is it that the clouds still hang on?

Answer 2

Not so much, my lord, I am too much in the ‘son’

Question 3

QUEEN: Thou knowst ‘tis common all that lives must die,
Passing through nature to eternity

Answer 3

Ay, madam, it is common.

Question 4

QUEEN: If it be
Why seem sit so particular with you?

Answer 4

‘Seems’, madam-

Question 5

‘Seems’, madam-

Answer 5

Nay it is,

Question 6

Nay it is,

Answer 6

I know not ‘seems’.

Question 7

I know not ‘seems’.

Answer 7

‘Tis not alone my inky cloak,

Question 8

‘Tis not alone my inky cloak,

Answer 8

cold mother,

Question 9

cold mother,

Answer 9

Nor customary suits of solemn black,

Question 10

Nor customary suits of solemn black,

Answer 10

Nor windy suspiration of forced breath,

Question 11

Nor windy suspiration of forced breath,

Answer 11

No,

Question 12

No,

Answer 12

nor the fruitful river in the eye,

Question 13

Nor the dejected haviour of the visage,

Answer 13

Together with all forms,

Question 14

Together with all forms,

Answer 14

moods,

Question 15

moods,

Answer 15

shapes of grief,

Question 16

shapes of grief,

Answer 16

That can denote me truly.

Question 17

That can denote me truly.

Answer 17

These indeed ‘seem’,

Question 18

These indeed ‘seem’,

Answer 18

‘For they are actions that a man might play,

Question 19

‘For they are actions that a man might play,

Answer 19

But I have that within which passes show,

Question 20

But I have that within which passes show

Answer 20

These but the trappings and the suits of woe.

Question 21

Queen: Let not thy mother lose her prayers, Hamlet
I pray thee stay with us, go not to Wittenberg

Answer 21

I shall in all my best obey you, madam