Hamlet Act 5

Hamlet's past relationship with Yorick can best be described as

• affectionate

• terrifying

• graceful

• ambiguous

Answer explanation

"Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio, 

a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy. He 

has bore me on his back a thousand times; and now

how abhorred in my imagination it is! My gorge rises

at it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not

how oft"

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What are the two gravediggers debating when Scene 1 of Act 5 opens?

• whether or not the death of Ophelia was a suicide

• whether or not Laertes was a good brother to Ophelia

• whether or not Ophelia's father will attend her funeral

• how much Ophelia weighs

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Whose skull does Hamlet (famously) hold in his hands and address?

• the skull of the late King Hamlet

• Yorick, the king's jester

• the skull of the late King of Norway

• the skull of Polonius

Answer explanation

First Gravedigger

A pestilence on him for a mad rogue! 

'A poured a flagon of Rhenish on my head once. 

This same skull, sir, was Yorick's skull, the king's jester.

Hamlet   

This?

First Gravedigger  

E'en that.

Hamlet

Let me see

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Why do Hamlet and Laertes end up fighting one another at the gravesite?

• Claudius tells Laertes to fight Hamlet at the gravesite

• Laertes insults Gertrude

• Hamlet mistakes Laertes for Claudius

• Hamlet is offended by Laertes' grief over Ophelia

Answer explanation

 "Come, show me what thou'lt do. 

Woo't weep? Woo't fight? Woo't tear thyself?

Woo't drink up eisil? Eat a crocodile?

I'll do't. Dost thou come here to whine?

To outface me with leaping in her grave?

Be buried quick with her, and so will I. 

And if thou prate of mountains, let them throw

Millions of acres on us, till our ground,

Singeing his pate against the burning zone,

Make Ossa like a wart. Nay, an thou'lt mouth,

I'll rant as well as thou."

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What is the ultimate fate of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?

• They are killed by pirates

• They are made English embassadors

• They are beheaded

• They are made generals in Fortinbras' army

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Which best describes Hamlet's feelings toward the fate of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?

• Hamlet is filled with sorrow for the loss of his good friends

• Hamlet is filled with guilt

• Hamlet is not sorry about their fate whatsoever

• Hamlet is boastful

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How does Hamlet apologize to Laertes for killing his father?

• Hamlet does not apologize to Laertes

• Hamlet tells Laertes he was crazy when he killed Polonius

• Hamlet blames Claudius

• Hamlet blames Laertes

Answer explanation

"Give me your pardon, sir. I've done you wrong;

But pardon't as you are a gentleman.

This presence knows — and you must needs have heard —

How I am punished with a sore distraction. 

What I have done

That might your nature, honor, and exception

Roughly awake, I here proclaim was madness."

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Who becomes King of Denmark at the end of the play?

• Laertes

• Claudius

• Hamlet

• Fortinbras

What does Horatio try to do as Hamlet is dying?

• drink some of the poison and kill himself

• run away from Elsinore

• stop the death of Gertrude

• attempts to kill Fortinbras

Who kills Hamlet?

• Claudius

• Laertes

• Horatio

• Fortinbras

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