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HAMLET ACT 2 QUIZ. ENG4U MS FRACASSI. QUESTION 1. 1) What is Reynaldo being hired to do? (1) Spy on Laertes . QUESTION 2. 2) What specific behaviour is Polonius concerned about? (3) Gambling Drinking Fencing (fighting) Swearing Prostitutes . QUESTION 3.
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HAMLET ACT 2 QUIZ ENG4U MS FRACASSI
QUESTION 1 1) What is Reynaldo being hired to do? (1) Spy on Laertes
QUESTION 2 2) What specific behaviour is Polonius concerned about? (3) Gambling Drinking Fencing (fighting) Swearing Prostitutes
QUESTION 3 3) “…with his doublet unbraced,/ No hate upon his head, his stockings fouled / Ungartered, and down-gyved to his ankle…” (II.i.86-88) Who is Ophelia describing here? (1) Hamlet
QUESTION 4 4) What does Polonius think is Hamlet’s problem? Is he right? (2) He thinks he’s going crazy with unrequited love for Ophelia WRONG!
QUESTION 5 5) Who are Rosencratz and Guildenstern? What’s their task/job? Hamlet’s friends from university To spy on Hamlet
QUESTION 6 6) Who does Gertrude say needs to speak with “More matter, with less art?” (1) Polonius
QUESTION 7 7) How does Polonius get his hands on Hamlet’s note to Ophelia? Why? (2) Ophelia gives him the note Because she’s just obeying her father/brother’s orders
QUESTION 8 8) What insult does Hamlet call Polonius? (1) Fishmonger
QUESTION 9 9) Act II ends with a soliloquy from Hamlet where he comes up with a plan. Summarize the plan. (4) Put on a play Show what happened to his father and Claudius (the murder and marriage) Watch how Claudius reacts That way Hamlet will know if the Ghost is telling the truth/whether or not he should avenge his father’s death