Hamlet Act III-IV

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 him

• forgive and forget

In Hamlet's "To be or not to be" soliloquy, Hamlet concludes that humanity is...

• Fearful of revenge

• Fearful of going insane

• Fearful of the unknown after death

• Mostly good but with a few "bad apples"

King Claudius' aside while trying to pray reveals

• The heavy guilt on his conscience for having killed the king and usurped the throne

• His guilt about what to do to help Hamlet overcome his depression

• His guilt of keeping the truth from Gertrude

• His atheism

When Hamlet strikes through the curtain, he thinks he is killing

• Claudius

• Polonius

• Rosencrantz and Guidenstern

• Ophelia

The characteristics of Polonius that has most directly lead to his death are...

• His nosiness and meddling

• His poor judgment

• His shallowness

• His ugliness

The difference between the ghost in Act I of the play and the ghost in Act III, is that

• Only Hamlet sees the ghost in Act III; in Act I, others saw him too.

• Act I's ghost did not look like the old King; this one does.

• Gertrude sees this ghost in Act III; she did not see the one in Act I.

• The ghost in Act III is Ophelia's ghost and not the old King's.

Hamlet refers to whom as trying to play him like a flute?

• Laertes and Polonius

• Rosencrantz and Guidenstern

• Marcellus and Reynaldo

• Fortinbras

At the end of the bedroom scene, Hamlet asks his mother

• not to tell Claudius that he killed Polonius

• not to tell Laetes who killed Polonius

• to tell Ophelia that Polonius killed himself

• not to go to Claudius' bed that night

What does Hamlet believe Claudius is doing that makes him hesitate in killing him?

• He believes Claudius is confessing his guilt to Gertrude

• He believes Claudius is praying

• He believes Claudius is sinning

• He believes Claudius is going to the authorities

Where does Hamlet tell Ophelia to go?

• nunnery (convent)

• a hospital

• a tavern

• his room