Hamlet Act 3

Hamlet refers to whom as trying to play him like a flute?

• Laertes and Polonius
• Rosencrantz and Guidenstern
• Marcellus and Reynaldo
• Claudius and Gertrude

When Claudius shouts for the lights before the play is over, Hamlet is convinced that

• the ghost lied to him
• Claudius is really angry with Gertrude
• Claudius murdered Hamlet's father
• Claudius is going mad

What is The Mousetrap?

• Source of Hamlet's anger
• Book Hamlet is reading
• The play within a play
• the device Polonius uses to catch Laertes in a lie

In Hamlet's "To be or not to be" soliloquy, Hamlet concludes that humanity is

• Fearful of revenge
• Fearful of going insane
• Fearful of the unknown after death
• Fearful of their own family

At the end of Scene I, King Claudius has decided to

• have Hamlet put to death in Denmark
• ship Hamlet out of the country to England
• have Rosencrantz and Guidenstern kill him
• have Hamlet locked in his room

What does Hamlet believe Claudius is doing that makes him hesitate in killing him?

• He is apologizing.
• He is to praying.
• He is admitting his guilt.
• He is about to give up the crown.

Where does Hamlet tell Ophelia to go?

• nunnery
• a hospital
• a tavern
• home

King Claudius' soliloquy while trying to pray reveals

• the heavy guilt of his conscience
• the guilt of what to do with Hamlet
• the guilt of keeping the truth from Gertrude
• his pride at deceiving Hamlet

Prince Hamlet suspects that

• Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are guilty of killing his father.
• Rosencrantz and Guildentern were sent for to check up on him.
• Rosenctantz and Guildenstern will not break their promise to the King and Queen.
• he will get no pleasure from the actors.

At the end of the bedroom scene, Hamlet asks his mother

• not to tell Claudius that he killed Polonius
• not to tell Laetes who killed Polonius
• not to go to Claudius' bed that night
• to pray for forgiveness for her soul