Hamlet Act III Quiz

Who does Hamlet ask about the king's reaction to the play?

• Ghost

• Horatio

• Ophelia

• Rosencrantz and Guildenstern

Why is Gertrude angry with Hamlet after the play?

• She was publicly humiliated because of the contents of the play.

• He wrote lines in the play that she felt exposed her.

• He embarrassed Claudius in front of everyone at the castle

• He sat next to Ophelia instead of her

What is Polonius going to do while Gertrude talks to Hamlet?

• Move the king to a secure location

• Confront Ophelia about her love for Hamlet

• Write to Laertes that he must return to Denmark

• Hide behind a tapestry and listen to them

What is revealed by Claudius' soliloquy/prayer, beginning with 'O, my offense is rank, it smells to heaven'?

• the guilt of what to do with Hamlet

• the guilt of keeping the truth FROM GERTRUDE

• the guilt of HIS CONSCIENCE

• his pride at deceiving Hamlet

Why won't Hamlet kill Claudius in Scene III?

• He already poisoned Claudius' drink

• He knows he isn't guilty

• He wants to kill him in the act of a 'sin' or crime

• He feels sorry for his mother

What is something Ophelia, Rosencrantz, and Guildenstern all have in common?

• They are all just as concerned with helping Hamlet as they are with spying on him

• The king and/or Polonius are relying on them to report back about Hamlet's actions

• They have all come back from college to talk to Hamlet

• Hamlet DOES NOT care about any of them

Why does Claudius say 'Words without thoughts never to heaven go'?

• He is planning to kill Hamlet personally

• His petition to Fortinbras' uncle failed to arrive

• His words can doom Hamlet to death

• He thinks prayers without true intent are never answered

In the "To be or not to be" soliloquy, Hamlet philosophizes on the nature of:

• Murder

• Life and Death

• Incest

• Revenge

When Gertrude meets with Hamlet, what does she promise to keep secret from Claudius?

• That Hamlet is going back to school

• That Hamlet killed Polonius

• That Hamlet is only pretending to be crazy to seek revenge of Claudius

• That she knows Claudius killed King Hamlet

When Hamlet explains why the King and Queen want his friends to watch him, he DOES NOT say this as a reason:

• Hamlet is not happy with the world's beauty

• Hamlet has no joy in life

• Hamlet finds no pleasure in people

• Hamlet believes it is everyone's nature to betray one another