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What do Polonius and Claudius overhear Hamlet discussing?
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Hamlet quiz
Act 3 quiz
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Why does Claudius want to be left alone? | So that he and Polonius can watch Hamlet and Ophelia interact |
| What do Polonius and Claudius overhear Hamlet discussing? | Whether or not to commit suicide |
| What does Ophelia give Hamlet? | The gifts he has given her |
| Why does Hamlet call women dishonest? | Because they wear make-up and deceive men |
| What does Claudius say he will do about Hamlet? | Send him to England |
| What does Hamlet ask Horatio to do during the play? | Watch Claudius’s reactions |
| How does Hamlet tease Ophelia? | He makes inappropriate sexual jokes. |
| What does Hamlet do during the performance? | He explains everyone’s behavior. |
| What is Claudius’s reaction to the play? | He yells and leaves. |
| Who sends for Hamlet after the play? | Gertrude |
| What does Claudius want Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to do with Hamlet? | Take him to England |
| Who plans to spy on Gertrude and Hamlet? | Polonius |
| What does Claudius feel guilty for? | Killing his brother |
| Why does Hamlet refrain from killing Claudius when he has the opportunity to? | Claudius is praying |
| When does Hamlet plan to kill Claudius? | When Claudius behaves badly |
| Why does Polonius want to eavesdrop on Hamlet? | So that he can find out why Hamlet is angry and upset? |
| What does Hamlet accuse his mother of? | Betraying his father |
| Why does Hamlet kill Polonius? | Because he mistakes Polonius for Claudius |
| Why does Gertrude think Hamlet is mad? | Because he appears to be talking to himself |
| What message does the ghost bring Hamlet? | To remember that he has not yet gotten revenge |
| What does Hamlet criticize? | - Marriage - Ophelia - Women |
| Who asks Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to take Hamlet to England? | Claudius |
| What does Claudius do that makes Hamlet hesitate killing him (at least for a little while)? | pray for forgiveness |
| Where does Polonius hide before he is accidentally murdered by Hamlet? | behind a tapestry |
| "To be or not to be; that is the question..." | Hamlet |
| "Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind" | Ophelia |
| "Be [thou] chaste as ice, as pure as snow, [thou] shalt not escape calumny. Get [thee] to a nunnery, go" | Hamlet to Ophelia |
| "O! What a noble mind is here o'erthown: The courtier's, soldier's, scholar's eye, tongue, sword" | Ophelia about Hamlet |
| "The glass of fashion and the mould of form. The observed of all observers!" | Ophelia about Hamlet |
| "Now see that noble and sovereign reason, like sweet bells jangled, out of tune and harsh" | Ophelia |
| "Suit the action to the word, the word to the action" | Hamlet to the Players |
| "Nay, then, let the devil wear black, for [I'll] have a suit of stables" | Hamlet |
| "The lady doth protests too much, methinks" | Gertrude |
| "Do [you] think I am easier to be played on than a pipe?" | Hamlet to Guildenstern |
| "O! [My] offence is rank, it smells to heaven; It hath the primal eldest curse upon 't, a brother's murder" | Claudius |
| "[My] words fly up, [my] thoughts remain below; words without thoughts never to heaven go" | Claudius |
| "[A king] of shreds and patches" | Hamlet on Claudius |
| "I must be cruel, only to be kind. Thus bad begins, and worse remains behind" | Hamlet |
| "For 'tis sport to have the engineer hoist with his own petar" | Hamlet |
| "Madness in great ones must not unwatched go" | Claudius |
| "How is 't with [you], that [you] bend [your] eye on vacancy" | Gertrude to Hamlet |
| In Act III, whose ghost visits Hamlet in Gertrude’s "closet"? | Old King Hamlet |
| “Tis now the very witching time of night, When churchyards yawn and Hell itself breathes out contagion to this world: now could I drink hot blood, and do such bitter business as the day would quake to look on.” | Hamlet |
| In Act III, King Claudius and Queen Gertrude question Rosencrantz and Guildenstern again regarding what topic? | They are inquiring about reasons for Hamlet's insanity. |
| In Act III, how does Claudius react to the play "The Murder of Gonzago - the Mousetrap"? | - He acts guilty. - He asks Hamlet early on for the title and whether the play is offensive. - He leaves the theater. - He says "Give me some light." |
| "I am [myself] indifferent honest; but yet I could accuse [me] of such things that it were better [my] mother had not borne [me].” | Hamlet to Ophelia |
| In Act III, who does Hamlet kill in Gertrude’s “closet” (chamber)? | Polonius, advisor to the king and father to Laertes and Ophelia |
| In Act III, when Claudius is praying, Hamlet has the perfect chance to kill him, so why does he refrain from doing so? | He is afraid that if Claudius is killed while in prayer that he will go directly to Heaven, thus thwarting Hamlet's revenge strategy. |
| Act 3 can be the | climax? |
| In Act III, to whom does Hamlet say, "Give me that man /That is not passion's slave, and I will wear him / In my heart's core" ? | To Horatio; he is about to ask Horatio to observe Claudius's behavior. |
| Who says, "In second husband let [me] be accurst, / None wed the second, but who killed the first"? | Player Queen |
| What is Ophelia doing before they meet? | reading devotionals/ praying |
| "How smart a lash that speech doth give [my] conscience!" | Claudius |
| "Get from him why he puts on this confusion," | Claudius |
| "Than is my deed to my most painted word./ O heavy burden!" | Claudius |
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