Hamlet Act 1 review

Front

The apparition that appears in the play is the ghost of...

Back

King Hamlet

Front

Marcellus and Barnardo want to assail Horatio's ears with their information about the ghost. This means they want to ___ him,

Back

convince him

Front

By referencing Julius Caesar, Horatio is making a historically (contextual) and literary (metatextual) _______.

Back

allusion

Front

The beehive, with its orderly division of roles and a single queen bee, was an ideal symbol as a ______ of the ordered human state.

Back

microcosm

Front

In the play, Denmark was at war with ________.

Back

Norway

Front

Claudius attempts to stifle Fortinbras' rebellion by appealing to the Prince's______ for aid.

Back

uncle

Front

Are we absolutely certain the ghost is even Hamlet's dad?

Back

No

Front

Both Laertes and Polonius advise Ophelia to _______ Hamlet.

Back

stop seeing

Front

Which of these were NOT one of Polonius' precepts to Laertes? Options: neither a borrower nor a lender be, To thine own self be true, Give every man thy ear and few thy voice

Back

Speak with more matter, less art

Front

Hamlet is deeply disturbed by Gertrude _____________.

Back

marrying Claudius