Hamlet Act 3

Who said, " The lady doth protest too much, methinks"?

• Hamlet

• Ophelia

• Gertrude

• Claudius

In an aside, Claudius compared his deed (the killing of his brother) to what?

• To Julius Caesar being murdered by friends.

• sugar coating spying on Hamlet.

• to the player's emotional response to Hecuba's distress.

• the harlot's painted cheek

Hamlet's third soliloquy is on the subject of...?

• war against Fortinbras

• contemplating suicide

• Ophelia going to a nunnery

• a warning to Polonius

What two requests does Hamlet make of Gertrude in the closet scene? Select two.

• To get Claudius to let him stay in Denmark?

• To not sleep with the King.

• To not admit he killed Polonius

• To keep his secret he's not really mad.

Gertrude admits to Hamlet

• She helped kill her husband.

• She doesn't see the ghost.

• That she can see "black and grained spots" on her soul.

• Both option 2 and option 3 are correct.

Identify the speaker of  “To be or not to be---that is the question…"

• Ophelia
• Claudius
• Hamlet
• Gertrude

Who is the ONLY one who believes OPHELIA to be the cause of Hamlet's madness?

• Polonius
• Claudius
• Gertrude
• Ophelia

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

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 Hamlet
• have Fortinbras kill Hamlet

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.