Hamlet Act 1 Vocabulary Quiz

A very small spot is a

• omen

• speck

• woe

• courtier

A person who tries to avoid doing work is a

• leprosy

• blight

• Hercules

• shirker

To give formal approval to something or to confirm

• ratify

• cast

• pester

• mourn

Which picture is best described by the word valiant?

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Covid-19 is an example of an ______________

• apparition

• ambitious

• outbreak

• obstinate

After someone dies, the people who love them will ____________ their loss.

• ratify

• mourn

• pester

• implore

Which animal is often described as obstinate?

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Hamlet compares his uncle to this creature:

• centaurian

• minotaur

• satyr

• mermaid

Hamlet wishes his flesh would ______

• oblige

• blight

• dissolve

• implore

Ophelia's brother and father want her to behave in a _________ way. Her father asks her to stop talking to Hamlet.

• valiant

• ambitious

• virtuous

• obstinate