This is for Caroline and for anyone else who did not get the Act lll quiz:
ANOTHER WEE SMALL QUIZ
OVER HAMLET
ACT lll
l. Put in order of sequence:
A._____Hamlet asks Horatio to observe Claudius’ reaction to the play.
B._____When the players perform in “dumb show” the murder of the king, Claudius rushes out of the performance.
C.______Claudius and Polonius hide behind an arras and observe Ophelia’s contrived meeting with Hamlet.
D.______Convinced that Hamlet’s bizarre behavior is not the result of unrequited love, Claudius informs Polonius that Hamlet must be sent away immediately to England
E. ______Hamlet stabs Polonius to death as he hides behind the arras in Gertrude’s bedroom.
F. ______While the king and Polonius hide and observe Ophelia’s contrived meeting with Hamlet, the prince insults her and tells her to “get thee to a nunnery.”
G.______Hamlet argues with his mother, Gertrude, over her marriage to Claudius and counsels her to refrain from sleeping with the king.
H.______During a heated argument with his mother in her bedroom, Hamlet sees his father’s ghost who counsels him not to forget to avenge his death.
I._______ Encountering Claudius while he is trying to pray, Hamlet draws his sword and considers killing him, but resheathes his sword to wait for a better time to commit the murder.
1._______________
2._______________
3._______________
4._______________
5._______________
6._______________
7._______________
8._______________
9._______________
ll. CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER:
1. ....Whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune....
The above is an example of what literary term?
a. Litotes
b. Simile
c. Metaphor
d. Metonymy
2. ...The undiscovered country from whose bourn
No traveler returns....
The above is an example of what literary term?
a. Metaphor
b. Personification
c. Synecdoche
d. Simile
3. ...Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow...
The above is an example of what literary term?
a. Litotes
b. Personification
c. Simile
d. Metaphor
4. ....Now see that noble and most sovereign reason,
Like sweet bells jangled, out of tune and harsh....
The above is an example of what literary term?
a. Metaphor
b. Paradox
c. Simile
d, Personification
5. ...here joy most revels, grief doth most lament;
Grief joys, joy grieves on, on slender accident.
The above is an example of what literary term?
a. Paradox
b. Litotes
c. Hyperbole
d. Simile
6. ....You would play upon me, you would seem to know my stops, you you would pluck out the heart of my mystery, you would sound me from my lowest note to the top of my compass; and there is much music, excellent voice, in this little organ, yet cannot you make it speak. ‘Sblood, do you think I am easier to be played on than a pipe? Call me what instrument you will, though you can fret me, you cannot play upon me.
Who says the above speech?
________________________
To whom is s/he speaking?
________________________
Why is s/he saying this?
___________________________________________________________
The above speech is an example of what literary device?
a. Paradox
b. Hyperbole
c. Conceit/Extended Metaphor
d. Simile
(All but Hamlet exit.)
7. ‘Tis now the very witching time of night,
When churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes
out
Contagion to this world....
The above speech is an example of which of the following devices?
a. Personification
b. Simile
c. Soliloquy
d. A & C
e. B & C
8. O heart, lose not thy nature; let not ever
The soul of Nero enter this firm bosom.
The above is an example of which of the following device(s)?
a. Allusion
b. Apostrophe
c. Hyperbole
d. Litotes
e. A & B
f. C & D
9. ...The cess of majesty
dies not alone, but like a gulf doth draw
what’s near it with it;
The above is an example of which of the following device(s)?
a. Metonymy
b. Simile
c. Synecdoche
d. Metaphor
e. A & B
f. C & D
10. ...It hath the primal eldest curse upon ‘t,
A brother’s murder....
The above is an example of which of the following device?
a. Allusion
b. Simile
c. Metaphor
d. Metonymy
11. Look here upon this picture and on this,
The counterfeit presentiment of two brother.
See what a grace was seated on this brow,
Hyperion’s curls, the front of Jove himself,
An eye like Mars’ to threaten and command,
A station like the herald Mercury
New-lighted on a heaven-kissing hill....
The above is an example of:
a. Simile
b. Allusion
c. Litotes
d. Paradox
111. Translate the following selections. Tell who is speaking and to whom, and
the circumstances in which it is said:
1. Act Three, Scene One; page 127; lines 64 - 96.
Who is speaking?_______________________.
Under what circumstances is s/he speaking?
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
Translate into contemporary English:
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________.
2. Act Three, Scene Three; pages 165 - 167; lines: 40 - 75.
Who is speaking?_______________________________.
Under what circumstances is s/he speaking?
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________.
Translate into contemporary English:
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________.
3. Act Three, Scene Four; page 181; lines 178 - 200.
Who is speaking?
_________________________________________.
To whom is s/he speaking?
_________________________________________.
Under what circumstances is s/he speaking?
_________________________________________.
Translate into contemporary English:
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________.
4. “I must be cruel only to be kind....”
Is an example of what literary device?
________________________________
ANOTHER WEE SMALL QUIZ
OVER HAMLET
ACT lll
l. Put in order of sequence:
A._____Hamlet asks Horatio to observe Claudius’ reaction to the play.
B._____When the players perform in “dumb show” the murder of the king, Claudius rushes out of the performance.
C.______Claudius and Polonius hide behind an arras and observe Ophelia’s contrived meeting with Hamlet.
D.______Convinced that Hamlet’s bizarre behavior is not the result of unrequited love, Claudius informs Polonius that Hamlet must be sent away immediately to England
E. ______Hamlet stabs Polonius to death as he hides behind the arras in Gertrude’s bedroom.
F. ______While the king and Polonius hide and observe Ophelia’s contrived meeting with Hamlet, the prince insults her and tells her to “get thee to a nunnery.”
G.______Hamlet argues with his mother, Gertrude, over her marriage to Claudius and counsels her to refrain from sleeping with the king.
H.______During a heated argument with his mother in her bedroom, Hamlet sees his father’s ghost who counsels him not to forget to avenge his death.
I._______ Encountering Claudius while he is trying to pray, Hamlet draws his sword and considers killing him, but resheathes his sword to wait for a better time to commit the murder.
1._______________
2._______________
3._______________
4._______________
5._______________
6._______________
7._______________
8._______________
9._______________
ll. CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER:
1. ....Whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune....
The above is an example of what literary term?
a. Litotes
b. Simile
c. Metaphor
d. Metonymy
2. ...The undiscovered country from whose bourn
No traveler returns....
The above is an example of what literary term?
a. Metaphor
b. Personification
c. Synecdoche
d. Simile
3. ...Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow...
The above is an example of what literary term?
a. Litotes
b. Personification
c. Simile
d. Metaphor
4. ....Now see that noble and most sovereign reason,
Like sweet bells jangled, out of tune and harsh....
The above is an example of what literary term?
a. Metaphor
b. Paradox
c. Simile
d, Personification
5. ...here joy most revels, grief doth most lament;
Grief joys, joy grieves on, on slender accident.
The above is an example of what literary term?
a. Paradox
b. Litotes
c. Hyperbole
d. Simile
6. ....You would play upon me, you would seem to know my stops, you you would pluck out the heart of my mystery, you would sound me from my lowest note to the top of my compass; and there is much music, excellent voice, in this little organ, yet cannot you make it speak. ‘Sblood, do you think I am easier to be played on than a pipe? Call me what instrument you will, though you can fret me, you cannot play upon me.
Who says the above speech?
________________________
To whom is s/he speaking?
________________________
Why is s/he saying this?
___________________________________________________________
The above speech is an example of what literary device?
a. Paradox
b. Hyperbole
c. Conceit/Extended Metaphor
d. Simile
(All but Hamlet exit.)
7. ‘Tis now the very witching time of night,
When churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes
out
Contagion to this world....
The above speech is an example of which of the following devices?
a. Personification
b. Simile
c. Soliloquy
d. A & C
e. B & C
8. O heart, lose not thy nature; let not ever
The soul of Nero enter this firm bosom.
The above is an example of which of the following device(s)?
a. Allusion
b. Apostrophe
c. Hyperbole
d. Litotes
e. A & B
f. C & D
9. ...The cess of majesty
dies not alone, but like a gulf doth draw
what’s near it with it;
The above is an example of which of the following device(s)?
a. Metonymy
b. Simile
c. Synecdoche
d. Metaphor
e. A & B
f. C & D
10. ...It hath the primal eldest curse upon ‘t,
A brother’s murder....
The above is an example of which of the following device?
a. Allusion
b. Simile
c. Metaphor
d. Metonymy
11. Look here upon this picture and on this,
The counterfeit presentiment of two brother.
See what a grace was seated on this brow,
Hyperion’s curls, the front of Jove himself,
An eye like Mars’ to threaten and command,
A station like the herald Mercury
New-lighted on a heaven-kissing hill....
The above is an example of:
a. Simile
b. Allusion
c. Litotes
d. Paradox
111. Translate the following selections. Tell who is speaking and to whom, and
the circumstances in which it is said:
1. Act Three, Scene One; page 127; lines 64 - 96.
Who is speaking?_______________________.
Under what circumstances is s/he speaking?
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
Translate into contemporary English:
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________.
2. Act Three, Scene Three; pages 165 - 167; lines: 40 - 75.
Who is speaking?_______________________________.
Under what circumstances is s/he speaking?
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________.
Translate into contemporary English:
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________.
3. Act Three, Scene Four; page 181; lines 178 - 200.
Who is speaking?
_________________________________________.
To whom is s/he speaking?
_________________________________________.
Under what circumstances is s/he speaking?
_________________________________________.
Translate into contemporary English:
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________.
4. “I must be cruel only to be kind....”
Is an example of what literary device?
________________________________
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