WorksheetsHamlet Act 2 and 3
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 18mins
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1.
In Scene 1, Polonius instructs Reynaldo to
a)
determine Laertes's behavior indirectly
b)
supervise Laertes to keep him out of trouble.
c)
spread damaging rumors about Laertes.
d)
help Laertes make friends and learn the language.
2.
Hamlet visits Ophelia “with his doublet all unbraced, / No hat upon his head” to
a)
ask her how she feels about him.
b)
declare his love for her.
c)
convince her of his madness.
d)
tell her about the ghost of his father.
3.
Which quotation expresses the reason that Claudius has sent for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
a)
“so by your companies / To draw him on to pleasures”
b)
“glean, / Whether aught to us unknown afflicts him”
c)
“Good gentlemen, he hath much talked of you”
d)
“expend your time with us awhile”
4.
Polonius believes that the “very cause of Hamlet's lunacy” is his
a)
father's death.
b)
mother's overhasty marriage.
c)
rejection by Ophelia
d)
obsession with revenge.
5.
To mock Polonius in his conversation with him in Scene 2, Hamlet uses
a)
prose.
b)
classical allusions.
c)
double entendre
d)
hyperbole.
6.
Hamlet's soliloquy in Scene 2 expresses
a)
frustration with his weak and indecisive nature.
b)
anticipation of how he will feel if his plan works.
c)
satisfaction with the plan he has made.
d)
anxiety over the action he must take.
7.
A major reason for Hamlet's dilemma is that he
a)
likes Claudius.
b)
knows his mother would be sad to learn the truth
c)
is uncertain of the Ghost's authenticity.
d)
does not want to become king himself.
8.
Hamlet's plan will work only if
a)
the actors are skilled enough.
b)
the plot is kept a secret until the very end of the play
c)
the queen understands what is going on.
d)
Claudius still has the capacity to feel guilt.
9.
Who is the ONLY one who believes OPHELIA to be the cause of Hamlet's madness?
a)
Polonius
b)
Claudius
c)
Gertrude
d)
Ophelia
10.
Hamlet decides to tell the actors to perform the story of his father's killing,so that
a)
the ghost will not be upset.
b)
Hamlet will remember what happened.
c)
Hamlet can watch how King Claudius acts when he sees it performed.
d)
the guilty person won't suspect anyone knows what happend
11.
At the end of Scene I, King Claudius has decided to
a)
have Hamlet put to death in Denmark
b)
ship Hamlet out of the country to England
c)
have Rosencrantz and Guidenstern kill Hamlet
d)
have Fortinbras kill Hamlet
12.
Prince Hamlet suspects that
a)
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are guilty of killing his father.
b)
Rosencrantz and Guildentern were sent for to check up on him.
c)
Rosenctantz and Guildenstern will not break their promise to the King and Queen.
d)
he will get no pleasure from the actors.
13.
Horatio:
a)
is the only person Hamlet confides in
b)
accompanies Hamlet to England
c)
flees to Denmark
d)
is in love with Ophelia
14.
Hamlet's real cause for rage is that
a)
he cannot do anything about his own feelings.
b)
he has done nothing to revenge his father's killing.
c)
he feels more and more gloomy.
d)
actors pretend to show their feelings.
15.
Why doesn't Hamlet kill Claudius when he's praying?
a)
He realizes that Claudius didn't kill King Hamlet.
b)
Hamlet begins to pray with him.
c)
He doesn't want Claudius' soul to go to Heaven.
d)
Hamlet doesn't want to go to Hell for murder.
16.
Hamlet refers to whom as trying to play him like a flute?
a)
Laertes and Polonius
b)
Rosencrantz and Guidenstern
c)
Marcellus and Reynaldo
d)
Ophelia and Gertrude
17.
Where does Hamlet tell Ophelia to go?
a)
a nunnery
b)
a hospital
c)
a tavern
d)
an inn
18.
When Hamlet strikes through the curtain, he thinks he is killing
a)
Claudius
b)
Polonius
c)
Rosencrantz and Guidenstern
d)
Ophelia
19.
Where does Polonius hide when Hamlet is talking to Gertrude?
a)
under the bed
b)
behind the tapestry
c)
in the closet
d)
behind the door
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