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HAMLET ACT III QUIZ. MS FRACASSI ENG4U. QUESTION 1. 1) “To be or not to be, that is the question/ Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer / The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune/ Or to take arms against a sea of troubles” What is this about? (3) Hamlet talking to himself
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HAMLET ACT III QUIZ MS FRACASSI ENG4U
QUESTION 1 • 1) “To be or not to be, that is the question/ Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer / The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune/ Or to take arms against a sea of troubles” What is this about? (3) • Hamlet talking to himself • Trying to figure it he should kill himself or • If he should keep living despite his bad luck
QUESTION 2 • 2) What are Ophelia’s new orders from her father? Does this work out well for her? Explain. (4) • To spend time with Hamlet • It does not work out for her • He says he never sent her a love letter • He denies ever loving her • He tells women turn men into “monsters” • Tell her to go to a nunnery
QUESTION 3 • 3) “We are arrant knaves all. Believe none of us.” Who are arrant knaves, and to whom is Hamlet speaking here? (2) • Men • To Ophelia
QUESTION 4 • 4) Where does Hamlet keep telling Ophelia to go? (1) • To a nunnery
QUESTION 5 • 5) Why does Hamlet never want to get married? (1) • Because women turn men into “monsters”
QUESTION 6 • 6) What’s a “dumb-show?” (1) • Performance with no words
QUESTION 7 • 7) How does Claudius react? When? (2) • He yells for the lights • When the poison is poured into the king’s ear
QUESTION 8 • 8) How to we know that Hamlet is pretending to be crazy? (2) • He acts sane and rational in front of this friends/during the dumb show • He is “crazy” again in front of Gertrude and Claudius
QUESTION 9 • 9) How does Polonius die? Describe the scene. (4) • He is hiding behind a curtain in Gertrude’s bedroom • Gertrude yells for help bc Gertrude yells for help • Hamlet thinks it’s Claudius behind the curtain • Hamlet stabs him in the stomach