Hamlet Act 3

Who is killed in Act 3?

• Rosencrantz

• Laertes

• Fortinbras

• Polonius

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In this act, which characters know that Hamlet is but "mad in craft" and not truly mad?

• Polonius & Claudius

• Rosencrantz & Guildenstern

• Horatio & Gertrude

• Ophelia & Horatio

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What is The Murder of Gonzago?

• Shakespeare's source of Hamlet

• The play-within-the-play

• Book that Hamlet shows Polonius

• The1st player’s speech about Heccuba and Phyrrus

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What does Hamlet criticize in this act?

• Marriage

• Ophelia

• Women

• All of the above

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What does Claudius do that makes Hamlet hesitate in killing him, at first?

• apologizes for the murder

• mourns at the grave site

• treats Hamlet with great respect

• prays for forgiveness

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Where does Polonius hide when Hamlet is talking to Gertrude?

• between 2 statues

• behind a hanging tapestry

• under a bed

• in a closet

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To where does Hamlet tell Ophelia to go?

• to a nunnery

• to a nursery

• to a brothel

• to her father's house

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In which scene of Act 3 does the climax of the play occur? (Think about the highest action, what the story has been leading to since Hamlet was told the truth.)

• Scene 3 – Claudius prays

• Scene 1 – before the play begins

• Scene 2 – the viewing of the play

• Scene 4 – Hamlet talks with his mother

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In the soliloquy, "To be or not to be...", Hamlet philosophizes on the nature of:

• love & marriage

• poverty & wealth

• life & death

• revenge & acceptance

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Since Polonius dies, Laertes has the same reason for revenge as Hamlet. This is the reason to consider him a ____________ for Hamlet.

• motive - reason for doing something

• foil - an opposing but similar character

• motif - a recurring theme

• tragic hero - major character whose downfall is brought about by a flaw

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