Hamlet: What a piece of work is a man!

What does Hamlet mean by "so shall my anticipation prevent your discovery?"

• He knows where they've been hiding while in Denmark.

• He will guess the reason they're here so they won't get in trouble.

• He has been anticipating their visit for a very long time.

• He will prevent them from telling the king anything about him.

When Hamlet says he has "lost all my mirth," what does he mean by mirth?

• Happiness

• Depression

• Marbles

• Frankincense and gold

"Foregone all custom of exercises" means Hamlet has

• let his gym membership lapse.

• grown accustomed to being home at Denmark.

• adopted his step-father's custom of drinking too much.

• stopped doing all activities he usually did.

To Hamlet, the earth seems "a sterile promontory." It sounds like he's

• depressed.

• bound to do well on the SAT verbal.

• sterile.

• a promontory.

When Hamlet says, "this brave, o'erhanging firmament," "firmament" means

• the roof.

• the sky.

• the earth.

• the garden.

What is the "golden fire" that frets "this majestical roof?"

• sunshine.

• moonshine.

• shoeshine.

• gold.

If the air is "a foul and pestilent congregation of vapors," Hamlet thinks it is

• dark as night all the time.

• poisonous to breathe.

• filled with smoke as Denmark is filled with fire.

• filled with vocabulary words I don't remember.

Which of these does Hamlet use as evidence of "What a piece of work is a man?"

• how regal in bearing.

• how like an angel.

• how like a heavenly choir.

• how powerful in demeanor.

What is the quintessence of man in Hamlet's opinion?

• Dust

• Failure

• Rust

• Incest

Why do Rosencrantz and Guildenstern laugh when Hamlet says "man delights not me?"

• Hamlet was making a joke.

• They thought he was using the four humours.

• They thought he was arguing that he wasn't gay.

• They are the missing links on the great chain of being.