Hamlet Act II

1. Why did Polonius delay telling the King and Queen about Hamlet's madness?

• He wanted more power.
• He wanted more attention. 
• Because that's his personality.
• He's protecting Hamlet.

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What did Ophelia give to Polonius?

• A necklace.
• A piece of Hamlet's hair. 
• A love letter from Hamlet.
• A break-up letter from Hamlet.

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What did Claudius give Norway permission to do?

• Walk across to Poland. 
• To invade Denmark.
• To attend to their court.
• To kill Hamlet.

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Who did Polonius send to spy on Laertes?

• Horatio
• Reynaldo 
• Guildenstern
• Rosencrantz

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Who did the King and Queen send to spy on Hamlet?

• Voltemand and Cornelius.
• Polonius and Laertes.
• Claudius and Gertrude.
• Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. 

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What does Hamlet call Polonius? 

• Useless whore.
• Weak.
• Seller of fish. 
• A female dog.

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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 

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