Hamlet - Final Test

How do Claudius and Laertes plan to kill Hamlet?

• Laertes will stab him in a duel
• Claudius will give him a drink with poison
• Laertes will poison the tip of his sword and stab Hamlet
• All of these

Who is still alive at the end of the play?

• Hamlet, Gertrude, and Claudius
• Horatio and Fortinbras
• Fortinbras, Polonius, and Horatio
• Claudius and Laertes

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

What character does not appear at all (on stage) in Act IV?

• Claudius
• Ophelia
• Fortinbras
• Hamlet

What reasons does Claudius give for not publicly bringing Hamlet to trial for the death of Polonius?

• Gertrude would be upset, and Hamlet's general popularity could lead to riots if the commoners found out he was in trouble
• Claudius wants the sweet satisfaction of stabbing Hamlet through the heart
• Claudius plans to get Hamlet to confess to his sins
• All of these

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

"But long it could not be,
Till that her garments, heavy with their drink,
Pull'd the poor wretch from her melodious lay
To muddy death."
What character is being described in this passage?

• Gertrude
• Ophelia
• Hamlet
• Claudius

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

In Act IV, Claudius tells Laertes that "revenge should have no bounds."  What is ironic about Claudius's declaration?

• Claudius has always taken care about how he goes about taking revenge on his enemies
• Claudius said something different to Gertrude about Revenge Theory
• Claudius is the target of another character's revenge; his statement basically excuses any action that that character takes toward him
• There's nothing ironic about this statement; what is irony, anyway?

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

"Forty thousand brothers could not, with all their quantity of love, make up my sum."
Who speaks this line?

• Laertes
• Gertrude
• Ophelia
• Hamlet

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

"Forty thousand brothers could not, with all their quantity of love, make up my sum."
To whom is this line spoken to?

• Laertes
• Hamlet
• Ophelia
• Polonius

"Forty thousand brothers could not, with all their quantity of love, make up my sum."
Whom is this line spoken about?

• Hamlet
• Laertes
• Claudius
• Ophelia

According to the text, how old is Hamlet?

• 17
• 21
• 30
• 75