Hamlet Act 2

Polonius has his servant Reynaldo go to Paris to check on

• Guildenstern

• Rosencrantz

• Laertes

• Horatio

Ophelia has a visitor to her closet (bedroom) who had "...his doublet unbraced,/No hat upon his head, his stockings fouled,/Ungartered, and down-gyved to his ankle,/Pale as his shirt,/his knees knocking each other..." Who visited her?

• Polonius

• Hamlet

• Laertes

• Francisco

Ophelia gives Hamlet back the letters he has written her and does not allow him to touch her. Her father fears

• this action has caused Hamlet to go crazy

• this action has brought Hamlet and Ophelia closer

• this action has created a stalker in Hamlet.

• this action will anger Claudius and Gertrude.

The queen says to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, "And sure I am two men there is not living/To whom he more adheres..." This suggests that Rosencrantz, Guildenstern, and Hamlet are

• cousins

• enemies

• schoolmates

• friends

When Voltemand returns from Norway he tells Claudius that Fortinbras

• will attack Denmark

• will not attack Denmark

• will continue to grow an army.

• will forget about the lands that once were his father's.

On line 97 of Act II, Scene 2, Polonius says, "...brevity is the soul of wit..." Knowing that brevity means quickly and wit has to do with being funny, this quote is classified as ______________ because his description of Hamlet goes on forever and is very serious.

• ironic

• allegorical

• metaphorical

• symbolic

When Hamlet talks to Polonius, he speaks in nonsensical terms. Polonius is convinced that Hamlet has gone crazy. Do you think Hamlet has actually gone crazy or

• Hamlet is suffering over the loss of his father.

• Hamlet is upset about Ophelia rejecting him.

• Hamlet is being rude to Polonius because Polonius is friends with Claudius.

• All of the above.

Hamlet says to Guildenstern and Rosencrantz that, "Denmark's a prison." This tells us that he feels

• happy

• trapped

• angry

• disgusted

Near the end of Act 2, Scene 2, Hamlet asks the players to perform a specific play for his mom, uncle, and all people at court. The name of this play is

• Troilus and Cressida

• Aeneas Tale to Dido

• The Murder of Gonzago

• Romeo and Juliet

When speaking to the players, or actors, he asks, ..."You could, for (a)/need, study a speech of some dozen or sixteen/lines, which I would set down and insert in 't,/could you not?" What is Hamlet asking?

• For the players to add a scene to their play.

• For the players to let him act with them

• For the players to let Polonius act with them.

• For the players to cut lines out of their play.