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Monday, December 8, 2014

Review for Hamlet Test

I will release test questions of Hamlet for discussion.  A minimum of two people must answer and explain the answer for me to keep posting.  As long as there are at least 5 people participating throughout the post sequence I will continue to post until 10 tonight.

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  1. Fortinbras is a prince of (a) Norway, (b) Denmark, (c) Poland. Explain

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    1. A. Trust me. It says it in the page with the Characters.

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    2. Trust you, I think not good sir

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    3. A. Norway, I agree, pg 3 and pg 13 line94 "Was as you know, by Fortinbras of Norway,"

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    4. What do you mean "I think not good sir?" It says it on page three. "FORTINBRAS, Prince of Norway."

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  3. Hamlet’s romance with Ophelia is ended by his mother.- True or False and why

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    1. false, Ophelia's father and brother warn her against seeing Hamlet

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    2. False. Wasn't Polonius and Laertes telling her to stop being with him because he was just interested in what she had in her pants. Sex. He was just interested in that.

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    3. False. Laertes tells Ophelia that Hamlet is a liar. like all men are.

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    4. False. I'd say Hamlet did it himself. Laertes and Polonius told Ophelia to back away from Hamlet..

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    5. Doesn't Hamlet write her love letters at first and then pushes her away afterwards?

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    6. Naa, Polonius wanted to pimp his daughter to Hamlet. He thought that was why Hamlet was going mad because he wasn't getting some because Ophelia rejected him.

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    7. Hamlet is an insane little jerk.

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    8. False, her father and brother warn her about Hamlet.

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  5. “Get thee to a nunnery” is addressed to (a) Gertrude, (b) Hamlet, (c) Ophelia

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  6. Gertrude is astonished to see the ghost. true or false explain

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  7. identify the speaker, to whom the lines are spoken, and, in your own words, explain what the lines say. I hold my duty as I hold my soul,
    Both to my God and to my gracious King;
    And I do not think--or else this brain of mine
    Hunts not the trail of policy so sure
    As it hath used to do--that I have found
    The very cause of Hamlet's lunacy.

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    1. Polonius to Claudius
      basically saying "Bruh, I finally figured out what's the matter with Hamlet. I'm so dang smart."

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    2. Speaker: Polonius
      Spoken to: the King
      What it says: I know why Hamlet has gone "mad"

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    3. Speaker: Polonius
      Spoken to: Claudius
      What it says: Basically saying he is loyal to the king and that he knows why Hamlet has gone mad.

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    4. Yeah^^
      Lord Polonius is talking to King Claudius saying that he knows why Hamlet has gone insane.

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    5. Good, but for the test be sure to explai in full detail and sentences for these types of questions

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    6. I thought I explained it pretty well..

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  9. Hamlet kills Polonius in (a) a duel, (b) not knowing who it is, (c) with poison

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  10. The duel is plotted by Laertes and (a) Claudius, (b) Polonius, (c) Hamlet

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  12. The court of Denmark is located in (a) Oslo, (b) Copenhagen, (c) Elsinore

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    1. There only seems to be about 4 of you. We need at least one more for this to continue

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    2. According to this Wikipedia article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courts_of_Denmark the court of Denmark is not a single body... So is that a trick question?

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    3. Wikipedia is not a valid source... so C

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  13. Yorick had been the court jester. T/F explain

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    1. True. Act V scene 1 "This same skill, sir, was Yorick's skull, the king's jester"

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    2. True. He was the jester when Hamlet was a boy. Hamlet loved him.. Hamlet finds his skull in the graveyard.

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    3. True. Pg 249 line 186 and Hamlet goes on to explain who he was in line 191 "Yorick! I knew him,... a fellow of infinite jest..."

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  14. Exchange forgiveness with me, noble Hamlet.
    Mine and my father's death come not upon thee,
    Nor thine on me!

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    1. Laertes to Hamlet
      "Sorry bro. Don't let mine and my father's death lay on your head. Rest in Peace. As I will."

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    2. Speaker: Laertes
      Spoken to: Hamlet
      What the lines say: The lines are Laertes asking for forgiveness from Hamlet and that he doesn't blame Hamlet for his and his father's death. Also that Laertes should not be blamed for Hamlet's death.

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    3. I need more people to participate

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    4. Speaker: Laertes
      Spoken to: Hamlet
      What the lines say: He asks Hamlet for forgiveness. He also says that they shouldn't blame each other for the death of the other one.

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    5. I have Dissociative Identity Disorder. Does that count?

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  15. But, good my brother
    Do not, as some ungracious pastors do,
    Show me the steep and thorny way to Heaven
    Whilst, like a puffed and reckless libertine,
    Himself the primrose path of dalliance treads
    And recks not his own rede.

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    1. Ophelia to Laertes
      "Don't be a hypocrite"

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    2. Ophelia to Laertes. Ophelia does not want Laertes to preach to her about her love life if Laertes cannot live up to his apparent teachings.

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    3. Speaker: Ophelia
      Spoken to: Laertes
      What the lines say: She is basically telling him to not be a hypocrite.

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  16. Speaker: Ophelia
    Spoken to: Laertes
    lines Say: Ophelia tells her brother to not be a hypocrite and tell her how to live her love life while he goes off and does the opposite of what he is warning her about.

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  17. Ophelia dies by (a) hanging, (b) poison, (c) drowning

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  19. Hamlet feels Gertrude is guilty of (a) usurping the throne, (b) killing her brother,
    (c) an incestuous marriage

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  20. Comic relief is provided by (a) Laertes, (b) the gravediggers, (c) the players

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  21. Hamlet feels he can trust only (a) Horatio, (b) Laertes, (c) Gertrude

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  22. Hamlet is the only one at court (a) who still wears mourning, (b) can read and write,
    (c) drinks too much

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  23. The first to see the ghost is (a) Hamlet, (b) Horatio, (c) a sentry

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  24. Isn't it C because Haratio doesn't believe Marcellus and Bernardo at first?

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  25. Claudius never admits his guilt to the audience. T/F

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    1. T, he doesn't directly say it. However, Hamlet can tell that he is by how he reacted to the play.

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    2. I'm assuming I'm wrong then...

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    3. Are you talking about the audience at the play or us the audience?

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    4. False. Pg 165 lines 47 48 "What if this cursed hand were thicker than itself with brother's blood?"

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    5. So false, he admits it in a spontaneous prayer.

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  26. Claudius killed the king by pouring poison in his ear. T/F

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  27. At the end of the play, Horatio becomes king.

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    1. False, Fortinbras is the king at the end of the play

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    2. naa, False, Fortinbras takes it all for himself giving nothing for homeboy Horatio.

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    3. False. Hamlet tells Horatio to tell his story and Fortinbras becomes the new king

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  28. Hamlet fears that the ghost may have been sent by the devil. T/F

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    1. True, he says that, that's why he puts on the play instead of going Rambo and killing Mr. C.

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    2. True, Hamlet thought the ghost was a demon set out to deceive him.

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    3. True, Hamlet asks the ghost if he is from heaven or hell.

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    4. true, that's why he put on the play to make sure he didn't kill his uncle in cold blood

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    5. True, Hamlet asks the ghost himself.

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  29. “To thine own self be true” is part of Hamlet’s soliloquy. T/F

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    1. False, Polonius says "to thine own self be true"

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    2. False. Yeah what Anessa said. Polonius is telling his son goodbye

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  31. Hamlet is afraid to trust Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.

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  32. O Hamlet, thou hast cleft my heart in twain.

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  34. ok ladies and gents that is it for tonight. See you tomorrow

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