Another Wee Small Quiz Over Hamlet, Act Three
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 resheaths his sword to wait for a better time to commit the murder.
II. 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
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 and C
e. B and 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 and B
f. C and 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 and B
f. C and 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 brothers.
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. Apostrophe
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:
2. Act Three, Scene Three; lines: 40 - 75.
Oh, my offence is rank, it smells to heaven;
It hath the primal eldest curse upon't -
A brother's murder! Pray can I not,
Though inclination be as sharp as will,
My stronger guilt defeats my strong intent,
And, like a man to double business bound,
I stand in pause where I shall first begin,
And both neglect. What if this cursed hand
Were thicker than itself with brother's blood,
Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens
To wash it white as snow? Where serves mercy
But to confront the visage of offence?
And what's in prayer but this twofold force,
To be forestalled ere we come to fall
Or pardoned being down? Then I'll look up.
My fault is past. But oh, what form of prayer
Can serve my turn? 'Forgive me my foul murder?
That cannot be, since I am still possessed
Of those effects for which I did the murder -
My crown, mine own ambiiton, and my queen.
May one be pardoned and retain th' offence?
In the corrupted currents of this world
Offence's gilded hand may shove by justice,
And oft' tis seen the wicked prize itself
Buys out the law. But 'tis not so above:
There is no shuffling, there the action lies
In his true nature, and we ourselves compelled
Even to the teeth and forehead of our faults
To give in evidence. What then? What rests?
Try what repentance can? What can it not?
Yet what can it, when one cannot repent?
O wretched state! O bosom black as death!
O limed soul, that strugging to be free
Are more engaged! Help, angels! Make assay!
Bow, stubburn knees; and heart with strings of steel,
Be soft as sinews of the new-born babe.
All may be well.
12. Who is speaking?_______________________________.
13. Under what circumstances is s/he speaking?
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________.
14. Translate into modern English:
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________.
15. Why does Hamlet not kill Claudius at this time?
_______________________________________________.
16. What allusion is used in the above soliloquy?
_______________________________________________.
17. Why is this allusion so apt for this situation?
_________________________________________________.
18. Why can he not be forgiven of his sin?
_________________________________________________.
19. What are the three reasons he committed the crime?
1._______________ 2._____________ 3.________________
20. How is justice different in heaven than it is on earth?
__________________________________________________.
21. "O limed soul, that struggling to be free
Art more engaged!"
What is the limed soul being compared to?
__________________________________________________.
22. The above quotation is an example of which figurative language?
__________________________________________________.
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 modern English:
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________.
4. “I must be cruel only to be kind....”
Is an example of what literary device?
________________________________
Who says the above line, "I must be cruel only to be kind...." ?
________________________________
To whom does s/he say this line?
________________________________
Under what circumstances and why does s/he say this?
________________________________
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 resheaths his sword to wait for a better time to commit the murder.
II. 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
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 and C
e. B and 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 and B
f. C and 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 and B
f. C and 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 brothers.
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. Apostrophe
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:
2. Act Three, Scene Three; lines: 40 - 75.
Oh, my offence is rank, it smells to heaven;
It hath the primal eldest curse upon't -
A brother's murder! Pray can I not,
Though inclination be as sharp as will,
My stronger guilt defeats my strong intent,
And, like a man to double business bound,
I stand in pause where I shall first begin,
And both neglect. What if this cursed hand
Were thicker than itself with brother's blood,
Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens
To wash it white as snow? Where serves mercy
But to confront the visage of offence?
And what's in prayer but this twofold force,
To be forestalled ere we come to fall
Or pardoned being down? Then I'll look up.
My fault is past. But oh, what form of prayer
Can serve my turn? 'Forgive me my foul murder?
That cannot be, since I am still possessed
Of those effects for which I did the murder -
My crown, mine own ambiiton, and my queen.
May one be pardoned and retain th' offence?
In the corrupted currents of this world
Offence's gilded hand may shove by justice,
And oft' tis seen the wicked prize itself
Buys out the law. But 'tis not so above:
There is no shuffling, there the action lies
In his true nature, and we ourselves compelled
Even to the teeth and forehead of our faults
To give in evidence. What then? What rests?
Try what repentance can? What can it not?
Yet what can it, when one cannot repent?
O wretched state! O bosom black as death!
O limed soul, that strugging to be free
Are more engaged! Help, angels! Make assay!
Bow, stubburn knees; and heart with strings of steel,
Be soft as sinews of the new-born babe.
All may be well.
12. Who is speaking?_______________________________.
13. Under what circumstances is s/he speaking?
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________.
14. Translate into modern English:
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________.
15. Why does Hamlet not kill Claudius at this time?
_______________________________________________.
16. What allusion is used in the above soliloquy?
_______________________________________________.
17. Why is this allusion so apt for this situation?
_________________________________________________.
18. Why can he not be forgiven of his sin?
_________________________________________________.
19. What are the three reasons he committed the crime?
1._______________ 2._____________ 3.________________
20. How is justice different in heaven than it is on earth?
__________________________________________________.
21. "O limed soul, that struggling to be free
Art more engaged!"
What is the limed soul being compared to?
__________________________________________________.
22. The above quotation is an example of which figurative language?
__________________________________________________.
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 modern English:
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________.
4. “I must be cruel only to be kind....”
Is an example of what literary device?
________________________________
Who says the above line, "I must be cruel only to be kind...." ?
________________________________
To whom does s/he say this line?
________________________________
Under what circumstances and why does s/he say this?
________________________________
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