Hamlet - Act 3 Quiz

When Hamlet said, "To die, to sleep - To sleep, perchance to dream - aye, there's the rub, For in this sleep of death what dream may come ... must give us pause" who was he talking to?

• Horatio

• Himself/Audience

• Ophelia

• Polonius

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According to Hamlet, what is one reason he doesn't commit suicide?

• He must take over the throne of Denmark.

• What happens after death may be worse than life.

• He must be strong for Gertrude.

• Revenge must come before anything else.

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When Hamlet said, "Be thou as chaste as ice, as purse as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny. Get thee to a nunnery, go. Farewell," who was he talking to?

• Horatio

• Himself/Audience

• Ophelia

• Gertrude

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At the end of Act 3 scene 1, Claudius has decided to ___.

• have Hamlet put to death in Denmark

• have Rosencrantz and Guildenstern kill Hamlet

• ship Hamlet out of the country to England

• have Fortinbras kill Hamlet

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Hamlet wants the actors to perform the story of his father's killing so that ___.

• the ghost will not be upset

• Hamlet can watch how Claudius acts when he sees it performed

• Hamlet will remember what happened

• the guilty person won't suspect anyone knows what happened

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Who said, "Oh, my crime is so rotten it stinks all the way to heaven. It has the mark of Cain on it, a brother's murder."?

• Claudius

• Hamlet

• Gertrude

• Ophelia

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Why doesn't Hamlet kill Claudius when he's praying?

• He realizes that Claudius didn't kill King Hamlet.

• He doesn't want Claudius' soul to go to Heaven.

• Hamlet begins to pray with him.

• Hamlet doesn't want to go to Hell for murder.

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How and why is Polonius killed?

• Hamlet realized he was spying so he stabbed Polonius through the curtain.

• Hamlet thought it was the King and stabbed him without checking first.

• Hamlet thought it was an intruder, so he stabs, not knowing who it is.

• The queen screamed and Hamlet thought someone was attacking her so he killed her attacker.

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The difference between the ghost in Act 1 of the play and the ghost in Act 3 is that ___.

• only Hamlet sees the ghost in Act 3; in Act 1, others saw it

• Gertrude sees this ghost; she did not see the one in Act 1

• Act 1's ghost did not look like the old King; this one did

• this ghost wants Gertrude to suffer

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Why does Queen Gertrude think Hamlet is truly crazy?

• He attacks her.

• He is yelling and screaming.

• He starts dancing on her bed.

• He looks and talks to the air.

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