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WorksheetsHamlet Act III Review
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
What message does Polonius deliver to Hamlet after the play?
Claudius confessed
Gertrude wants to see him
Ophelia misses him and wants to apologize
What is revealed by Claudius's soliloquy beginning with "O, my offense is rank, it smells to heaven"?
Claudius wants to kill Gertrude
Claudius murdered King Hamlet
Claudius believes Hamlet is the person who murdered the king
Who does Hamlet ask about the king's reaction to the play?
Horatio
Ophelia
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
What is Polonius going to do while Gertrude talks to Hamlet?
Go to a secure location
Talk to Ophelia about her love for Hamlet
Hide behind a curtain and listen
What is Claudius doing when Hamlet walks by and sees him?
Arguing with Gertrude
Plotting to kill Hamlet
Praying
What does Hamlet tell Ophelia she should do?
Go tell the truth
Go to a nunnery/convent
Stand up to her dad
Why won't Hamlet kill Claudius in scene 3?
He wants to kill him in the act of a "sin" or crime
He feels sorry for Gertrude
He knows he is innocent
Why is Gertrude mad at Hamlet after the play?
He sat next to Ophelia
He wrote the lines in the play that called her old
He embarrassed Claudius in front of everyone in the castle
Why is Act 3 scene 2 such a complicated/difficult scene in the play?
It has a detailed sword fight
It is the "play within the play"
It features a spooky ghost
Which of these is an accurate summary of Hamlet's "tis now the very witching time of night" speech?
He is questioning the truthfulness of the ghost
The ghost is trying to trick him into committing murder
He will first take revenge on his mother, then on Claudius
What is something that Rosencrantz, Guildenstern, and Ophelia all have in common?
Hamlet warns them all to stay out of what is happening in Denmark
The king is relying on all of them to report back about Hamlet's actions
They have all come back from college to speak with Hamlet
Why does Claudius say "words without thoughts never to heaven go"?
He thinks prayers without real intention are never answered
His words can doom Hamlet to death
He is planning to personally kill Hamlet
What does Claudius tell Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to prepare for?
To spy on Gertrude
To go to England with Hamlet
To go back to college because they failed as spies
What does Hamlet compare himself to while speaking with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
A giraffe
A musical instrument (recorder)
A dog
Who does Hamlet "accidentally" kill?
Gertrude
Claudius
Polonius
What does "To Be or Not to Be" mean?
To live or to die
To laugh or to cry
To run away or not to run away
