HAMLET ACT 2 QUIZ ENG 4 U MS

HAMLET ACT 2 QUIZ ENG 4 U MS FRACASSI

QUESTION 1 1) What is Reynaldo being hired to do? (1) Spy on Laertes

QUESTION 2 2) What specific behaviour is Polonius concerned about? (3) Gambling Drinking Fencing (fighting) Swearing Prostitutes

QUESTION 3 3) “…with his doublet unbraced, / No hate upon his head, his stockings fouled / Ungartered, and downgyved to his ankle…” (II. i. 86 -88) Who is Ophelia describing here? (1) Hamlet

QUESTION 4 4) What does Polonius think is Hamlet’s problem? Is he right? (2) He thinks he’s going crazy with unrequited love for Ophelia WRONG!

QUESTION 5 5) Who are Rosencratz and Guildenstern? What’s their task/job? Hamlet’s friends from university To spy on Hamlet

QUESTION 6 6) Who does Gertrude say needs to speak with “More matter, with less art? ” (1) Polonius

QUESTION 7 7) How does Polonius get his hands on Hamlet’s note to Ophelia? Why? (2) Ophelia gives him the note Because she’s just obeying her father/brother’s orders

QUESTION 8 8) What insult does Hamlet call Polonius? (1) Fishmonger

QUESTION 9 9) Act II ends with a soliloquy from Hamlet where he comes up with a plan. Summarize the plan. (4) Put on a play Show what happened to his father and Claudius (the murder and marriage) Watch how Claudius reacts That way Hamlet will know if the Ghost is telling the truth/whether or not he should avenge his father’s death