English 4 Honors Final Exam Review

Check the pair of characters who do NOT practice deception* on one another. (*causing someone to believe something that is not true) Both must be honest at all times to be a correct answer.

• Hamlet and Ophelia
• Claudius and Hamlet
• King Hamlet and Prince Hamlet
• Hamlet and Polonius

Which of the following events does Hamlet use to determine whether Claudius is guilty or not? Check one.

• A trial

• A confession from his wife

• A letter Hamlet finds

• The mousetrap

Which character does Shakespeare use to communicate the play's conflict in Act 1 and add mystery and suspense to the plot?

• Rosencrantz and Guidenstern
• Old King Hamlet
• Ophelia
• Laertes
• Queen Gertrude

What is the cause of Hamlet's insanity, according to Polonius?

• Hamlet's grief over losing his father
• Hamlet's love for Ophelia
• Hamlet's anger towards King Claudius
• Hamlet's anger towards his mother for marrying Claudius

Why does Ophelia go insane?

• Her father tells her to stay away from Hamlet, the man she loves.
• Her father has been killed
• Her lover kills her father
• All of the above

Which character(s) does NOT want revenge for a murder?

• Prince Hamlet
• Ophelia
• Laertes
• Prince Fortinbras

Which statement does not explain how Shakespeare uses soliloquies in the play?

• to have one character reveal feelings to another while both are on stage
• to reveal a character's innermost thoughts and feelings
• to allow the audience to understand a character's emotions and thoughts
• to keep the reader guessing and build suspense

Why does Hamlet not kill Claudius while Claudius is praying?

• Hamlet wants revenge but he does want to kill him in a church.
• Hamlet is still unsure that Claudius is guilty of his father's murder.
• Hamlet wants revenge but killing someone during prayer sends that person to heaven.
• Hamlet's mother would be left a widow.

Who said the following quotation? "Hamlet, thou hast thy father much offended."

• Queen Gertrude
• King Claudius
• Polonius
• King Hamlet
• Ghost

Who said the following quotation? "Aye, you are a fishmonger." (Yes, you are a fish seller.)

• Laertes
• Queen Gertrude
• King Claudius
• Polonius
• Hamlet