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Hamlet

Hamlet Final

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1. Who is the Prince of Denmark who has lost his father? Hamlet
2. Who is Lord Chamberlain and chief counselor to Claudius? Polonius
3. Who is the daughter of Polonius? Ophelia
4. Who does Polonius send to Paris to report on Laertes’ conduct? Reynaldo
5. Who is Hamlet's mother? Gertrude
6. Who is Ophelia's brother? Laertes
7. Who is Hamlet's uncle? Claudius
8. Who came to Elsinore to help the king find out what Hamlet find out what Hamlet's trouble was? Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
9. Who was the Prince of Norway who lost his father? Fortinbras
10. Who umpired the fencing match between Hamlet and Laertes? Osric
11. Who was a student and loyal friend of Hamlet? Horatio
12. What arrangement does Hamlet make with Player 1? He added lines that resemble the murder of his father.
13. Give two reasons Hamlet is upset? His father has died, and his uncle has married his mother less than two months after his father's death.
14. What do the King and Polonius decide about Hamlet's condition after eavesdropping on Hamlet and Ophelia? They decide he is not love-sick; rather, he has some other trouble deep in his soul.
15. What two things does Hamlet make Horatio swear? Hamlet asks Horatio not to reveal the events of the evening, and to go along with Hamlet if he pretends to be crazy.
16. Paraphrase Hamlet's famous "To be or not to be" soliloquy. He is pondering whether a miserable life is better than the unknown of death.
17. What does the ghost tell Hamlet? The ghost told Hamlet that King Hamlet was murdered by Claudius, and it asked Hamlet to revenge the murder.
18. Why have Rosencrantz and Guildenstern come to the castle? They have come to find out why Hamlet is acting so strangely and report their findings to the King.
19. What is Polonius' plan for testing his theory about Hamlet's maddens? He wants to have Hamlet meet Ophelia. He will hide and eavesdrop on the conversation.
20. What does Hamlet do to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern? He replaced their letters (which called for Hamlet's execution) with letters which called for their executions.
21. What causes Hamlet to say, "My thoughts be bloody or be nothing worth!"? he realizes that his father has ben murdered, his uncle is the murdered, his mother is living in an incestuous marriage, and the soldiers he has just seen are going to kill each other over a little pice of land which is not worth anything.
22. What plan do the King and Laertes have to kill Hamlet? They plan to set up a duel between Laertes and Hamlet. Either Laertes will honorably kill Hamlet, or, if he survives, the King will poison him.
23. How does the King console Laertes after Laertes and Hamlet are separated? The King tell Laertes not to worry, that he (Laertes) will soon have the appropriate time and place to kill Hamlet.
24. What was the King's reaction to the play? The King got up and called for the lights.
25. What did Hamlet and Horatio decide the King's reaction meant? They were convinced that the ghost was correct.
26. What did Hamlet want his mother to do? He wants her to stop sleeping with King Claudius
27. How does Polonius die? Polonius is hiding in the Queen's room while she and Hamlet are talking. Hamlet runs through the tapestry, thinking it may be Claudius and kills Polonius.
28. Who doesn't Hamlet kill the King when the King is kneeling? Hamlet wants the King to die without a chance for a last confession. If he is praying, he might not be in enough sin to get eternal punishment.
29. Why does Hamlet jump into Ophelia's grave? He wants to appear to be grieving like Laertes.
30. What happens to Hamlet? He is killed by the poison on his opponent's sword.
31. What happens to Laertes? He is killed by the poison on his own sword.
32. What happens to King Claudius? He is run through with Hamlet's sword.
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