Hamlet Act 4 Scene 4

Where is Young Fortinbras leading his army to?

• Denmark

• Poland

• Norway

• Sweden

Who described Young Fortinbras as 'Of unimproved mettle, hot and full' in Act 1 Scene 1?

• Hamlet

• Marcellus

• Horatio

• Claudius

What is Hamlet's immediate response to hearing Fortinbras' intention to fight over a 'little patch of land'?

• admiration

• contempt

• wonder

• dismay

How much is at stake, according to Hamlet, for this 'straw' (land)?

• two thousand men and twenty thousand ducats

• fame, honour, human dignity, etcetera

• five thousand men and five hundred thousand pounds

• life

Complete the quotation: How all occasions do inform against me, / And spur my dull ______!

• inspiration

• hatred

• revenge

• ambition

What device is used here: 'Sith I have cause and will and strength and means / To do't.'

• asyndeton

• polysyndeton

• alliteration

• cadence

Which of these is NOT a metaphor Hamlet uses to describe the lands Fortinbras is fighting for?

• egg

• straw

• chicken

What does Hamlet say separates man from humans?

• the ability to sleep and dream

• nothing

• fear, and craveness

• reason, and the duty to use it

What is Hamlet doing in the quotation 'examples gross as earth extort me'?

• stating the obvious

• contradicting himself

• being ironic

• being sarcastic

What is the chief reason that Fortinbras attacks Poland?

• fame

• revenge

• money

• desperation