HAMLET ACT 2 QUIZ ENG4U MS FRACASSI

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

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

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

 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 4

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

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

 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 7

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

 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 QUESTION 9