Hamlet Act Four Test
HAMLET
WEE SMALL QUIZ
ACT lV
1. Put in chronological order:
___ Laertes sees his sister, Ophelia, in her maddened, psychotic state.
___ Laertes barges in on Claudius, accusing him of murdering his father.
___ Ophelia, in her maddened state, offers rue to the King and Queen.
___ Claudius assures Laertes that he is innocent of his father’s death.
___ Gertrude announces that Ophelia has drowned.
___ Horatio receives a letter from Hamlet saying that he has escaped from being sent to England by boarding a pirate’s ship.
___ Claudius flatters Laertes by telling him Hamlet is jealous of his fencing prowess.
___ Hamlet refuses to tell Rosencrantz and Guildenstern where Polonius’ body is hidden.
___ Claudius conspires with Laertes to challenge Hamlet to a “friendly” duel in which he will be killed either with a poisoned rapier or a poisoned drink.
____ Claudius learns Hamlet has escaped from the ship that is heading to England.
____ Disturbed by Hamlet’s murder of Polonius, Claudius exiles Hamlet to England.
____ Hamlet watches Fortinbras crossing Denmark with his army for Poland and inspired by his willingness to engage in fortune, death and danger over a plot of land deemed worthless, Hamlet vows that his thoughts from here on will be bloody or else worth nothing.
ll. PLEASE CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER:
1. “Mad as the sea and the wind when both contend
Which is the mightier...”
a. Metaphor
b. Simile
c. Metonymy
d. Allusion
2. “But, like the owner of a foul disease,
To keep it from divulging, let it feed
Even on the pith of life....”
a. Apostrophe
b. Allusion
c. Metonymy
d. Simile
3. “Whose whisper o’er the world’s diameter,
As level as the cannon to his blank
Transports his poisoned shot, may miss our name
And hit the woundless air.....”
a. Simile
b. Metaphor
c. Imagery
d. Paradox
4. “He keeps them like an ape an apple in the corner of his jaw,
first mouthed, to be last swallowed....”
a. Paradox
b. Pun
c. Simile
d. Metaphor
5. “When he needs what you have gleaned, it is but squeezing you, and,
sponge, you shall be dry again....”
a. Apostrophe
b. Allusion
c. Simile
d. Metaphor
6. “The body is with the King, but the King is not with the body....”
a. Simile
b. Chiasmus
c. Metonymy
d. Paradox
e. B, C, D
7. “And England, if my love thou hold’st at aught
As my great power thereof may give thee sense,
Since yet thy cicatrice looks raw and red
After the Danish sword, and thy free awe
Pays homage to us, thou mayst not coldly set
Our sovereign process, which imports at full,
By letters congruing to that effect,
The present death of Hamlet. Do it, England....”
a. Metonymy
b. Apostrophe
c. Synecdoche
d. A and B
e. B and C
8. “There on the pendant boughs her coronet weeds
Clamb’ring to hang, an envious sliver broke....”
a. Metonymy
b. Apostrophe
c. Allusion
d. Personification
9. “When sorrows come, they come not single spies,
But in battalions....”
a. Personification
b. Simile
c. Apostrophe
d. Paradox
10. “Not where he eats but where he is eaten. A certain convocation
of politic worms are e’en at him. Your worm is your only emperor
for diet. We fat all creature else to fat us, and we fat ourselves for
maggots. Your fat king and your lean beggar is but variable service -
two dishes but to one table. That’s the end.”
a. Pun
b. Paradox
c. Irony
d. A and B Only
e. B and C Only
f. A, B, C
lll. Find examples from Act Four to answer the following questions:
a. Find three examples where Claudius compares Hamlet to disease or
to sickness.
1.
2.
3.
b. Why is it ironic that Claudius attributes Ophelia’s madness to her father’s death and refers to her madness as “poison”?
“Oh, this is the poison of deep grief. It springs all from her
father’s death....”
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______________________________________________________
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c. What is the significance of the flowers Ophelia gives to the King and
Queen:
Rue:__________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
Violets: _____________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
Fennel: ________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________.
d. Give three examples where Claudius is fearful regarding public opinion:
Specifically what does Claudius believe regarding public opinion about
Polonius' death:
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________.
What does Claudius believe regarding public opinion about
Laertes:
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________.
How will the public interpret Ophelia’s mad speeches according
to Claudius?
____________________________________________________ .
WEE SMALL QUIZ
ACT lV
1. Put in chronological order:
___ Laertes sees his sister, Ophelia, in her maddened, psychotic state.
___ Laertes barges in on Claudius, accusing him of murdering his father.
___ Ophelia, in her maddened state, offers rue to the King and Queen.
___ Claudius assures Laertes that he is innocent of his father’s death.
___ Gertrude announces that Ophelia has drowned.
___ Horatio receives a letter from Hamlet saying that he has escaped from being sent to England by boarding a pirate’s ship.
___ Claudius flatters Laertes by telling him Hamlet is jealous of his fencing prowess.
___ Hamlet refuses to tell Rosencrantz and Guildenstern where Polonius’ body is hidden.
___ Claudius conspires with Laertes to challenge Hamlet to a “friendly” duel in which he will be killed either with a poisoned rapier or a poisoned drink.
____ Claudius learns Hamlet has escaped from the ship that is heading to England.
____ Disturbed by Hamlet’s murder of Polonius, Claudius exiles Hamlet to England.
____ Hamlet watches Fortinbras crossing Denmark with his army for Poland and inspired by his willingness to engage in fortune, death and danger over a plot of land deemed worthless, Hamlet vows that his thoughts from here on will be bloody or else worth nothing.
ll. PLEASE CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER:
1. “Mad as the sea and the wind when both contend
Which is the mightier...”
a. Metaphor
b. Simile
c. Metonymy
d. Allusion
2. “But, like the owner of a foul disease,
To keep it from divulging, let it feed
Even on the pith of life....”
a. Apostrophe
b. Allusion
c. Metonymy
d. Simile
3. “Whose whisper o’er the world’s diameter,
As level as the cannon to his blank
Transports his poisoned shot, may miss our name
And hit the woundless air.....”
a. Simile
b. Metaphor
c. Imagery
d. Paradox
4. “He keeps them like an ape an apple in the corner of his jaw,
first mouthed, to be last swallowed....”
a. Paradox
b. Pun
c. Simile
d. Metaphor
5. “When he needs what you have gleaned, it is but squeezing you, and,
sponge, you shall be dry again....”
a. Apostrophe
b. Allusion
c. Simile
d. Metaphor
6. “The body is with the King, but the King is not with the body....”
a. Simile
b. Chiasmus
c. Metonymy
d. Paradox
e. B, C, D
7. “And England, if my love thou hold’st at aught
As my great power thereof may give thee sense,
Since yet thy cicatrice looks raw and red
After the Danish sword, and thy free awe
Pays homage to us, thou mayst not coldly set
Our sovereign process, which imports at full,
By letters congruing to that effect,
The present death of Hamlet. Do it, England....”
a. Metonymy
b. Apostrophe
c. Synecdoche
d. A and B
e. B and C
8. “There on the pendant boughs her coronet weeds
Clamb’ring to hang, an envious sliver broke....”
a. Metonymy
b. Apostrophe
c. Allusion
d. Personification
9. “When sorrows come, they come not single spies,
But in battalions....”
a. Personification
b. Simile
c. Apostrophe
d. Paradox
10. “Not where he eats but where he is eaten. A certain convocation
of politic worms are e’en at him. Your worm is your only emperor
for diet. We fat all creature else to fat us, and we fat ourselves for
maggots. Your fat king and your lean beggar is but variable service -
two dishes but to one table. That’s the end.”
a. Pun
b. Paradox
c. Irony
d. A and B Only
e. B and C Only
f. A, B, C
lll. Find examples from Act Four to answer the following questions:
a. Find three examples where Claudius compares Hamlet to disease or
to sickness.
1.
2.
3.
b. Why is it ironic that Claudius attributes Ophelia’s madness to her father’s death and refers to her madness as “poison”?
“Oh, this is the poison of deep grief. It springs all from her
father’s death....”
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
c. What is the significance of the flowers Ophelia gives to the King and
Queen:
Rue:__________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
Violets: _____________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
Fennel: ________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________.
d. Give three examples where Claudius is fearful regarding public opinion:
Specifically what does Claudius believe regarding public opinion about
Polonius' death:
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________.
What does Claudius believe regarding public opinion about
Laertes:
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________.
How will the public interpret Ophelia’s mad speeches according
to Claudius?
____________________________________________________ .
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