Hamlet Test

The play Hamlet is a(n)

• Comedy

• History

• Tragedy

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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

In this play, Horatio is the

• Fool

• Hero

• Voice of Reason

• Jester

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

Who speaks the lines, "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark"

• Marcellus

• Bernardo

• Rozencratz

• Guildenstern

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

How does Hamlet feel about Rosencratz and Guildenstern

• He is happy to see them

• He appreciates them visiting him after the death of his father

• He suspects they are spies

• He never really liked them

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

How does Hamlet try to prove Claudius' guilt

• Investigating the circumstances of his father's death

• Creating the play within a play

• Trying to trick Polonius into telling the truth

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

Why is the line, "The lady doth protest too much methinks" significant?

• It shows Gertrude's lack of understanding

• It shows Claudius does not feel any guilt

• It shows that Hamlet forgives his mother

• It shows that Ophelia's lack of understanding

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Why didn't Hamlet kill Claudius when he found him by himself?

• He was afraid Claudius might be innocent

• He was afraid Claudius would go to heaven

• He was afraid Claudius would go the hell

• He was hesitant to commit murder

What is Hamlet's fatal flaw?

• Cowardice

• Fear

• Hubris (too much confidence)

• Inaction

Who is directed to deliver Hamlet to England?

• Marcellus and Bernardo

• Rosencratz and Guildenstern

• Horatio and Marcellus

• Polonius

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

How does Hamlet cause Rosencratz and Guildenstern's deaths?

• They are all captured by pirates, and he has the pirates kill them instead of him

• He accidentally poisoned them while he was trying to poison Claudius

• Hamlet orders the King of England to execute them in his name.

• He forges Claudius' execution orders and tricks them into delivering their own execution orders

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CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3