Hamlet Act 1 and 2

Which country will attack Denmark?

• Norway

• Germany

• Denmark

• Finland

Hamlet is upset for two reasons. What are they?

• His mother has been ignoring him and his uncle is annoying
• His father died and his uncle declared war on Fortinbras.
• His father died and his uncle married his mother soon after his father's death.
• He misses university life and isn't allowed to return

Who wants his father's land back?

• Fortinbras
• Prince Hamlet
• Laertes
• Claudius

Define foreshadowing.

• A flashback of what happened previously
• A hint at something that will happen later
• Giving human-like characteristics to non-living things
• Comparing two unlike things using like or as

When a character speaks to himself or herself, relating thoughts and feelings, thereby also sharing them with the audience, giving off the illusion of being a series of unspoken reflections 

• soliloquy
• metaphor
• monologue
• aside

At the end of the first scene, why do the men decide to go find young Hamlet, and tell him about the ghost?

• To scare him so that he will return to university
• They know that Hamlet regularly sees spirits.
• They hope the ghost will talk to young Hamlet.

What are the names of the emissaries that Claudius sends to the King of Norway?

• Simon and Garfunkle
• Siskel and Ebert
• Siegfried and Roy
• Voltemand and Cornelius

What does Hamlet's first soliloquy reveal about him?

• That he is happy

• That he loves his mother but dislikes his stepdad

• That he feels unhappy with life and disgusted by his mother

What do Claudius and Gertrude want Hamlet to do?

• Go back to school
• Stay close to them
• Marry Ophelia
• Become king

According to the article on Elizabethan England, Shakespeare was alive during a time when London when “cultural influences breathed new life.” What was this time period called?

• Postmodernism

• Modernism

• Renaissance

• Shakespearean Days