Hamlet TEST Exam Questions With 100% Correct Answers.

Hamlet TEST Exam Questions With 100% Correct Answers. As you read the first few lines of the opening scene, what do you see in your mind's eye? Hear? Feel? - answerAct 1 Scene 1 There are guards standing nervously outside of a gate keeping watch. They are nervous because they just saw a ghost and are keeping watch because they are waiting for people to attack and have to protect the castle Why have Francisco and others been assigned to guard the palace? What might happen to Elsinore if there were no guard? - answerAct 1 Scene 1 Francisco and others have been assigned to guard the palace because Fortinbras Jr might come and attack to avenge his father's death. If there were no guard, Fortinbras would be able to come and attack Elsinore and take the throne of Denmark What do Horatio's comments about Fortinbras' behavior right after his father's death tell you about Fortinbras' character and personality? - answerAct 1 Scene 1 Horatio's comments tell us that Fortinbras' is a very vengeful person. He is going to attack Denmark in order to protect the memory of his father and gain the land Norway once lost Why is Francisco uneasy? - answerAct 1 Scene 1 Francisco is uneasy because he has just seen the ghost of what he believes to be the late Hamlet Sr. Those who have seen the ghost seem worried. How can you tell? What are they worried about? - answerAct 1 Scene 1 They keep trying to talk to the ghost and the ghost doesn't respond to them and ends up getting scared off. They aren't receiving the info they want from it and are afraid it is a signal that Norway is coming to attack because the ghost looks like Hamlet Sr and is wearing what he was the day he died After seeing the ghost, what decisions do Horatio and the others reach about what must be done? - answerAct 1 Scene 1 Horatio and Marcellus decide to tell Hamlet Jr because the ghost looks like his father Who is Laertes? What is he asking permission to do? Why does Claudius grant him this? - answerAct 1 Scene 2 Laertes is Ophelia's brother and Polonius's son and a kingsmen from France who came to Denmark for Claudius' coronation. He is asking permission to return to France to finish school. He is granted this because he fulfilled his duty How can you tell that Hamlet is depressed? Why? - answerAct 1 Scene 2 You can tell because Hamlet is not talking very much when asked questions. He also seems to be mad at Claudius and Gertrude How do Claudius and Gertrude respond to Hamlet's melancholy? Are they being fair to him? - answerAct 1 Scene 2 They tell him to get over it and that plenty people die. They tell him that it is his turn to a run a country How does Hamlet learn about the ghost and what does he decide to do? - answerAct 1 Scene 2 Hamlet learns about the ghost from Horatio, Marcellus and Barnardo. They decide to go and try to see it that night, and if it is his father they will try to speak to it "Frailty thy name is woman" - answerpg 29 Act 1 Scene 2 Hamlet - himself Hamlet is talking to himself about his mother and how she moved on right after his father's death. He is calling her weak for not mourning his death. What do you think Laertes and Polonius would say to Ophelia about Hamlet? - answerAct 1 Scene 3