Hamlet Act 3

The real reason why Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are visiting Hamlet is that 

• they are his good friends.
• they want to see the actors.
• the King and Queen asked them to come.
• they will perform a play at Elsinore.

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Prince Hamlet suspects that

• Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are guilty of killing his father.
• Rosencrantz and Guildentern were sent for to check up on him.
• Rosenctantz and Guildenstern will not break their promise to the King and Queen.
• he will get no pleasure from the actors.

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When Hamlet explains why the Kning and Queen want his friends to watch him,he does not say this is a reason:

• Hamlet friends no joy in life.
• Hamlet finds no pleasure in people. 
• Hamlet talks about seeing a ghost.
• Hamlet is not happy with the world's beauty.

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Hamlet decides to tell the actors to perform the story of his father's killing, so that

• the ghost will not be upset.
• Hamlet will remember what happened.
• Hamlet can watch how King Claudius acts when he sees it performed.
• the guilty person won't suspect anyone knows what happend

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Use the event in this story to judge Hamlet's feelings about plays and actors.

• Hamlet does not like plays and actors.
• Hamlet enjoys plays and knows a lot about them.
• Hamlet never saw a play before.
• Hamlet wants to be an actor in a play.

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At the end of Scene I, King Claudius has decided to

• have Hamlet put to death in Denmark
• ship Hamlet out of the country to England
• have Rosencrantz and Guidenstern kill him
• have Hamlet locked in his room

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In Hamlet's "To be or not to be" soliloquy, Hamlet concludes that humanity is

• Fearful of revenge
• Fearful of going insane
• Fearful of the unknown after death
• Fearful of their own family

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King Claudius' soliloquy while trying to pray reveals

• the heavy guilt of his conscience
• the guilt of what to do with Hamlet
• the guilt of keeping the truth from Gertrude
• his pride at deceiving Hamlet

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After speaking with Hamlet, Ophelia's speech reveals her emotions. She is

• Happy about what she had thought  Hamlet was, but what he never was
• sad about what Hamlet had been but is no more
• angry about what Ophelia wishes Hamlet were
• upset her father asked her to ignore Hamlet

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When Hamlet strikes through the curtain, he thinks he is killing

• Claudius
• Polonius
• Rosencrantz and Guidenstern
• The Ghost

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