Hamlet Act III Review

What message does Polonius deliver to Hamlet after the play?

• Claudius confessed

• Gertrude wants to see him

• Ophelia misses him and wants to apologize

What is revealed by Claudius's soliloquy beginning with "O, my offense is rank, it smells to heaven"?

• Claudius wants to kill Gertrude

• Claudius murdered King Hamlet

• Claudius believes Hamlet is the person who murdered the king

Who does Hamlet ask about the king's reaction to the play?

• Horatio

• Ophelia

• Rosencrantz and Guildenstern

What is Polonius going to do while Gertrude talks to Hamlet?

• Go to a secure location

• Talk to Ophelia about her love for Hamlet

• Hide behind a curtain and listen

What is Claudius doing when Hamlet walks by and sees him?

• Arguing with Gertrude

• Plotting to kill Hamlet

• Praying

What does Hamlet tell Ophelia she should do?

• Go tell the truth

• Go to a nunnery/convent

• Stand up to her dad

Why won't Hamlet kill Claudius in scene 3?

• He wants to kill him in the act of a "sin" or crime

• He feels sorry for Gertrude

• He knows he is innocent

Why is Gertrude mad at Hamlet after the play?

• He sat next to Ophelia

• He wrote the lines in the play that called her old

• He embarrassed Claudius in front of everyone in the castle

Why is Act 3 scene 2 such a complicated/difficult scene in the play?

• It has a detailed sword fight

• It is the "play within the play"

• It features a spooky ghost

Tags

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

Which of these is an accurate summary of Hamlet's "tis now the very witching time of night" speech?

• He is questioning the truthfulness of the ghost

• The ghost is trying to trick him into committing murder

• He will first take revenge on his mother, then on Claudius