Hamlet Act 3 Sc 1

Hamlet Act 3 Sc 1

To Be or Not to Be

Multiple Choice

Which character(s) spy on Hamlet in this scene?

• Claudius alone

• Polonius, Claudius, and Gertrude

• Rosencrantz and Guildestern

• Claudius and Polonius

Multiple Choice

After Hamlet's beautiful and most famous soliloquy (To be or not to be), Ophelia comes to "redeliver" the gifts that Hamlet had once given her. How does Hamlet respond to this?

• He accepts them and spits at them and stomps on them until they are unrecognizably destroyed.

• He rejects even the slightest idea that he had ever given gifts in the first place

• He accepts them and simply leaves

• He rejects them and says that it would hurt him to much to actually have them with him.

Multiple Choice

Hamlet tells Ophelia to do which of the following?

• He tells her to forget him

• He tells her to to suck it up

• He tells her that they should really just get married and forget everything around them

• He tells her to got to a "nunnery"

Multiple Choice

True or False: We find out in this scene that Claudius is not fully convinced that Hamlet is truly crazy.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What is Claudius' plan after hearing Hamlet's encounter with Ophelia?

• He wants to become a fatherly figure for Hamlet

• He wants Hamlet to go to Paris immediately

• He wants Hamlet to go to England immediatly

• He wants Hamlet to go to Pola nd immediately

Multiple Choice

The act of speaking one’s thoughts aloud to oneself is defined as what?

• Allusion

• Motif

• Soliloquy

• Alliteration

Multiple Choice

What do Polonius and Claudius overhear during Hamlet's soliloquy?

• Hamlet wondering whether he should kill himself or not

• Hamlet wondering whether he should go after Ophelia or not

• Hamlet wondering whether he should continue mourning or not

• Hamlet wondering whether he should run away or not

Multiple Choice

What does Ophelia give Hamlet?

• A ring

• A tender kiss

• The gifts he has given her

• Flowers

Multiple Choice

Why does Hamlet call women dishonest?

• He thinks they are gold diggers

• Ophelia never loved him

• Because he does not trust his mother, Gertrude

• The ghost told him not to trust women

What's Wrong With Hamlet

• Claudius, Gertrude, & Polonius discuss Hamlet's depressed behaviour

• Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are clueless

• Hamlet excited about the 'players'

• Claudius & Polonius have a plan

To Be or Not to Be

• Famous monologue or soliloquy

• Life is too painful but fear of the unknown greater

• Embrace the "sleep" of death is that they may "dream"

• "To die, to sleep.../To sleep: perchance to dream: Ay, there's the rub: /For in that sleep of death what dreams may come.

Hamlet and Ophelia

• Asks is Ophelia "fair"

• Beauty is deceiving & dishonest

• Ophelia should never marry and have children

• Ophelia is heartbroken over Hamlet's state

• "O, what a noble mind is here o'er thrown!... And I, of ladies most deject and wretched..."

Claudius & Polonius

• Claudius is convinced that Hamlet's behaviour has NOT been because of Ophelia

• Claudius decides to send him to England

• Polonius still thinks he's right about Hamlet being lovesick

• Polonius wants Gertrude to talk to him while he spies again

• "It shall be so:/ Madness in great ones must not unwatch'd go."

Multiple Choice

At the end of Scene 1, Polonius recommends that Claudius send Hamlet to see whom after the play so that he can spy on him one more time?

• Rosencrantz & Guidestern

• Ophelia

• Gertrude

• Laertes

Multiple Choice

What is a speech given only by one person called?

• Rant

• Monolgue

• Dialogue

• Duet

Multiple Choice

Why does Polonius think Hamlet has been acting so depressed recently during Scene 1?

• He is being sent to England

• His father is dead

• His friend, Laertes, abandonded him

• He is lovesick over his daughter, Ophelia

Multiple Choice

In Scene 1, what does Claudius want to do when he realizes that Hamlet's distress seems to be coming from a much more serious, rational, and dangerous source than he at first thought?

• Send Hamlet to his room

• Send Hamlet to England

• Send Hamlet to confess to a priest

• Force Hamlet to get a job

Multiple Choice

In Scene 1, what do Gertrude and Claudius agree to do at the encouragement of Polonius, Rosencrantz, and Guildenstern?

• Send Hamlet to England

• Leave Hamlet alone

• Attend a play at court that evening

• Set up a blind date between Hamlet and Ophelia.