Hamlet Acts 1-2

When the play begins, we find ourselves

• Outdoors on a dark, cold, frightening night in the presence of guards

• Meeting Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, in the company of his friends

• Hearing Claudius manipulating the court to accept him as their new king

• Observing Polonius demand that his daughter Ophelia reject Hamlet.

Hamlet's mother and uncle, Gertrude and Claudius, explain to Hamlet in Act 1 that

• Hamlet can go back to Wittenburg in a couple of weeks

• Hamlet can accompany Laertes to France

• Hamlet and Ophelia can go ahead and get engaged

• Hamlet cannot return to Wittenburg because they need him in Denmark

Hamlet sees his MOTHER, Gertrude, like

• "an unweeded garden That grows to seed"

• "a beast that wants discourse of reason would have mourned longer"

• "so excellent... this Hyperion"

• "to this... a satyr"

Hamlet sees his FATHER, King Hamlet, like

• "an unweeded garden That grows to seed"

• "a beast that wants discourse of reason would have mourned longer"

• "so excellent... this Hyperion"

• "to this... a satyr"

Hamlet sees his UNCLE, King Claudius, like

• "an unweeded garden That grows to seed"

• "a beast that wants discourse of reason would have mourned longer"

• "so excellent... this Hyperion"

• "to this... a satyr"

Polonius, the king's advisor and father to Laertes and Ophelia, develops into

• a faithful and trusted companion to Hamlet

• a steadfast and loyal lover to Hamlet

• a shady and untrustworthy spy

• a weak and easily manipulated pawn

Horatio seems to be

• a faithful and trusted companion to Hamlet

• a shady and untrustworthy spy

• a steadfast and loyal lover to Hamlet

• a weak and easily manipulated pawn

Ophelia, daughter to Polonius, seems to be

• a faithful and trusted companion to Hamlet

• a steadfast and loyal lover to Hamlet

• a shady and untrustworthy spy

• a weak and easily manipulated pawn

What are Hamlet's two major discoveries by the end of Act II?

• that King Hamlet was murdered and Ophelia's dad made her break up with him

• that Ophelia's dad made her break up with him and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern were brought in to spy on him

• that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern were brought in to spy and that Polonius is also spying on him

• that King Hamlet was murdered and that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern were brought in to spy on him

"There are more things in heaven and in earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy" indicates

• that everyone in Denmark is in great danger

• that our minds should be open to realities we can't imagine

• that our families may betray us even when we trust them

• none of the above