Hamlet Act IV

What does Claudius try to find out from Hamlet in this act?

• His reason for killing Polonius

• The location of Polonius' body

• his reason for being so mean to Ophelia

• if he ever stands a chance at being a good stepfather

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Who says, "My thought be bloody or be nothing worth"?

• Claudius

• Hamlet

• Laertes

• Ophelia

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A "distracted" Ophelia hands everyone on stage . . .

• letters

• jewels

• paintings

• flowers

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In act IV, Fortinbras functions to provoke change, what is another word for getting things going for someone?

• a villain

• a catalyst

• confidant

• comic relief

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How did Hamlet escape the watchful eye of Rosencratz and Guildenstern?

• He killed them

• He boarded a ship of pirates

• He tricked them into a row boat

• Horatio disguised himself as Hamlet

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A new revenge plot that arises in Act IV is between which two characters

• Fortinbras and Hamlet

• Horatio and Hamlet

• Laertes and Hamlet

• Laertes and Claudius

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In the following excerpt of Hamlet, to whom is he referring (who is the delicate prince)?

"Witness this army of such mass and charge/Led by a delicate and tender prince,/Whose spirit with divine ambition puffed/Makes mouths at the invisible event,/Exposing what is mortal and unsure/To all that fortune, death, and danger dare,/Even for an eggshell."

• Hamlet

• Fortinbras

• Claudius

• Laertes

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Based on the following passage, what does Claudius want (the king of England) to do?

"And England, if my love thou holds at aught ...thou mayst not coldly set/Our sovereign process, which imports at full,/By letters conjuring to that effect,/The present death of Hamlet. Do it, England, For like the hectic in my blood he rages,/And thou must cure me."

• Kill Hamlet

• Take Hamlet prisoner

• Cure Hamlet of his madness

• Kill Horatio

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