Hamlet Act 2

In Scene 1, Polonius instructs Reynaldo to

• determine Laertes's behavior indirectly
• supervise Laertes to keep him out of trouble.
• spread damaging rumors about Laertes.
• help Laertes make friends and learn the language.

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Hamlet visits Ophelia “with his doublet all unbraced, / No hat upon his head” to

• ask her how she feels about him.
• declare his love for her.
• convince her of his madness.
• tell her about the ghost of his father.

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Which quotation expresses the reason that Claudius has sent for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?

• “so by your companies / To draw him on to pleasures”
• “glean, / Whether aught to us unknown afflicts him” 
• “Good gentlemen, he hath much talked of you”
• “expend your time with us awhile”

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 Polonius believes that the “very cause of Hamlet's lunacy” is his

• father's death.
• mother's overhasty marriage.
• rejection by Ophelia
• obsession with revenge.

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To mock Polonius in his conversation with him in Scene 2, Hamlet uses

• prose.
• classical allusions.
• puns.
• hyperbole.

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“this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory,” means that he

• feels betrayed by their lies.
• is depressed. 
• is touched that they have traveled so far to see him.
• now has a clearer view of people and life.

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Why does Hamlet ask the player to recite the tale of Priam's slaughter?

• It has a theme of revenge
• It is familiar to him.
• He knows it is popular with audiences.
• He knows it is popular with audiences.

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Hamlet's soliloquy in Scene 2 expresses

• frustration with his weak and indecisive nature. 
• anticipation of how he will feel if his plan works.
• satisfaction with the plan he has made.
• anxiety over the action he must take.

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A major reason for Hamlet's dilemma is that he

• likes Claudius.
• knows his mother would be sad to learn the truth
• is uncertain of the Ghost's authenticity.
• does not want to become king himself.

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Hamlet's plan will work only if

• the actors are skilled enough.
• the plot is kept a secret until the very end of the play
• the queen understands what is going on.
• Claudius still has the capacity to feel guilt.

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