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Hamlet Act III Review

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What message does Polonius deliver to Hamlet after the play?

a)

Claudius confessed

b)

Gertrude wants to see him

c)

Ophelia misses him and wants to apologize

2.

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

a)

Claudius wants to kill Gertrude

b)

Claudius murdered King Hamlet

c)

Claudius believes Hamlet is the person who murdered the king

3.

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

a)

Horatio

b)

Ophelia

c)

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern

4.

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

a)

Go to a secure location

b)

Talk to Ophelia about her love for Hamlet

c)

Hide behind a curtain and listen

5.

What is Claudius doing when Hamlet walks by and sees him?

a)

Arguing with Gertrude

b)

Plotting to kill Hamlet

c)

Praying

6.

What does Hamlet tell Ophelia she should do?

a)

Go tell the truth

b)

Go to a nunnery/convent

c)

Stand up to her dad

7.

Why won't Hamlet kill Claudius in scene 3?

a)

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

b)

He feels sorry for Gertrude

c)

He knows he is innocent

8.

Why is Gertrude mad at Hamlet after the play?

a)

He sat next to Ophelia

b)

He wrote the lines in the play that called her old

c)

He embarrassed Claudius in front of everyone in the castle

9.

Why is Act 3 scene 2 such a complicated/difficult scene in the play?

a)

It has a detailed sword fight

b)

It is the "play within the play"

c)

It features a spooky ghost

10.

Which of these is an accurate summary of Hamlet's "tis now the very witching time of night" speech?

a)

He is questioning the truthfulness of the ghost

b)

The ghost is trying to trick him into committing murder

c)

He will first take revenge on his mother, then on Claudius

11.

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

a)

Hamlet warns them all to stay out of what is happening in Denmark

b)

The king is relying on all of them to report back about Hamlet's actions

c)

They have all come back from college to speak with Hamlet

12.

Why does Claudius say "words without thoughts never to heaven go"?

a)

He thinks prayers without real intention are never answered

b)

His words can doom Hamlet to death

c)

He is planning to personally kill Hamlet

13.

What does Claudius tell Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to prepare for?

a)

To spy on Gertrude

b)

To go to England with Hamlet

c)

To go back to college because they failed as spies

14.

What does Hamlet compare himself to while speaking with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?

a)

A giraffe

b)

A musical instrument (recorder)

c)

A dog

15.

Who does Hamlet "accidentally" kill?

a)

Gertrude

b)

Claudius

c)

Polonius

16.

What does "To Be or Not to Be" mean?

a)

To live or to die

b)

To laugh or to cry

c)

To run away or not to run away