Hamlet Act V, Scene i

Which word describes the tone of the conversation between the gravediggers at the beginning of the scene?

• Serious

• Humorous

• Melancholy

• Bitter

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

CCSS.RL.8.10

How do the gravediggers believe Ophelia died?

• Murder

• Suicide

• Result of an accident

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Who is Yorick?

• One of the gravediggers

• A skull

• Hamlet Sr.'s court jester

• Ophelia's other brother

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

CCSS.RL.8.10

True or False: The gravedigger knows Hamlet's identity when he is talking to him in the graveyard.

• True

• False

True or False: The gravedigger thinks Hamlet is crazy.

• True

• False

Why does the gravedigger believe England is a good place for Hamlet?

• Everyone is crazy in England!

• There are many people in England to treat Hamlet's craziness.

• Hamlet will be safe from Claudius in England.

• Hamlet has always loved England.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

CCSS.RL.8.10

True or False: The original plan to poison Hamlet is cancelled at the end of scene i.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

CCSS.RL.8.3

In line 72, Hamlet says "Why, I will fight with him upon this theme / Until my eyelids will no longer wag!"

What is the "theme" Hamlet is talking about?

• Ophelia's cause death

• Who loves Ophelia the most

• Ophelia not getting a proper burial

• Laertes jumping in the grave with Ophelia

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

An allusion is:

• a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art

• the humorous use of a word or phrase to suggest two or more meanings at the same time

• extreme exaggeration

• an expression in which two words that contradict each other are joined

Which of the following was NOT an allusion mentioned in this scene?

• Cain

• Adam

• Hercules

• Moses