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To be or not to be

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a soliloquy?

a)

A lyric or poem that is 14 lines consisting of three quatrains and a couplet.

b)

A speech in a dramatic work in which a character speaks his or her thoughts out loud on a stage alone.

c)

A short story that is a work of fiction that centers on one general idea.

d)

A main element in fiction that plays an important role in what happens in a story and why.

2.

To be, or not to be--that is the question:

a)

To be famous, or not be famous

b)

To take my own life instead of living/suffering?

c)

To obtain fortunes in life, or not be able to

d)

To be invited, or not to be invited

3.

To die, to sleep-- No more--and by a sleep to say we end the heartache, and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to.

a)

If I die, I will never have to worry about sleep again

b)

Dying is like sleeping because when we sleep all our earthly problems go away.

c)

When I die, the earth will no longer shake

d)

When I wake up, I will have all new problems

4.

1. 'Tis a consummation Devoutly to be wished."

a)

I want to be able to consume food before I die

b)

This is something to wish for, I am consumed by this thought.

c)

I wish everyone would leave me alone

d)

Everyone on earth should have a wish

5.

Ay, there’s the rub

a)

This is off the chain, or off the hook

b)

This is rubbing someone the wrong way

c)

OK, this is the problem

d)

I am getting too close to the person next to me

6.

"For in that sleep of death what dreams may come"

a)

We don’t know what happens to us after we die

b)

No one wants to dream of dying

c)

We really don’t dream when we sleep

d)

Many people have a fear of dying

7.

“When we have shuffled off this mortal coil”

a)

Once we have danced across the room

b)

Once this earth begins to spin circles

c)

Once we have learned how to deal a deck of cards

d)

Once we leave this earth and all its problems

8.

"The pangs of despised love"

a)

Heartbreak caused by love

b)

Someone who doesn’t want to be loved

c)

A person who hates their lover

d)

The hunger of love

9.

"The insolence of office"

a)

Bad treatment by the boss

b)

rudeness of politicians/legal system

c)

Other employee involved in “back-stabbing”

d)

Stupidity of the people in charge

10.

“When he himself might his quietus make with bare bodkin?”

a)

when you could simply take out your knife and end your life

b)

when he should just stop making noise

c)

when he could draw attention with a bare body

d)

when he kills someone, sound will be heard no more

11.

"Thus conscience does make cowards of us all,"

a)

Thinking too much makes me sick

b)

We shouldn’t think about anything that scares us.

c)

fear of the unknown makes us cowards and makes us overthink everything

d)

There are more important things in life than to worry.