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act 3 quiz
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what does hamlet compare death to? | sleep |
| what is hamlets reasoning as to why some people decide not to commit suicide? | because death could be worse than living |
| "madness in great ones must not unwatched go" | The King; about hamlet being smarter than he is acting |
| when claudius asks hamlet what the name of the play is they are watching, what does hamlet say the name is? | mouse trap |
| what is the name mouse trap ironic? | hamlet is setting up a trap for claudius and claudius has no idea |
| what point in the play does claudius get up and storm off? | when the king in the play is killed by having poison in his ear |
| "i will speak daggers to her, but use none." | what hamlet says when he agrees to go talk to his mother |
| what does claudius order rosencrantz and guildenstern to do? | to make sure hamlet gets to england |
| what does claudius mean when he says: "my crown, mine own ambition, and my queen/may one be pardoned and retain the offense."? | can a person be forgiven and still keep what he got |
| why does hamlet decide not to kill claudius while claudius was praying? | he believes that if he kills him while claudius is praying, he will go to heaven |
| when does hamlet say he will kill claudius? | while claudius is sinning so he will go to hell |
| what specifically happens to polonius and why? | hamlet kills him with his sword because he heard him behind the curtain and thought he was claudius |
| who is gertrude? | hamlets mother |
| what causes gertrude to say that hamlet is indeed crazy? | king hamlets ghost appears and hamlets starts to talk to him but the queen cannot see him |
| what does king hamlets ghost remind hamlet of? | that he is supposed to be getting revenge of claudius, not his mother |
| hamlet says: "assume a _______ if you have it not." | virtue |
| hamlet says: "I must be ______ only to be _____." | cruel--- kind |
| who does hamlet compare rosencratz and guildenstern to? | adders fanged |