HAMLET ACT III QUIZ MS FRACASSI ENG4U

QUESTION 1 1) “To be or not to be, that is the question/ Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer / The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune/ Or to take arms against a sea of troubles” What is this about? (3) Hamlet talking to himself Trying to figure it he should kill himself or If he should keep living despite his bad luck

QUESTION 2 2) What are Ophelia’s new orders from her father? Does this work out well for her? Explain. (4) To spend time with Hamlet It does not work out for her He says he never sent her a love letter He denies ever loving her He tells women turn men into “monsters” Tell her to go to a nunnery

QUESTION 3 3) “We are arrant knaves all. Believe none of us.” Who are arrant knaves, and to whom is Hamlet speaking here? (2) Men To Ophelia

QUESTION 4 4) Where does Hamlet keep telling Ophelia to go? (1) To a nunnery

QUESTION 5 5) Why does Hamlet never want to get married? (1) Because women turn men into “monsters”

QUESTION 6 6) What’s a “dumb-show?” (1) Performance with no words

QUESTION 7 7) How does Claudius react? When? (2) He yells for the lights When the poison is poured into the king’s ear

QUESTION 8 8) How to we know that Hamlet is pretending to be crazy? (2) He acts sane and rational in front of this friends/during the dumb show He is “crazy” again in front of Gertrude and Claudius

QUESTION 9 9) How does Polonius die? Describe the scene. (4) He is hiding behind a curtain in Gertrude’s bedroom Gertrude yells for help bc Gertrude yells for help Hamlet thinks it’s Claudius behind the curtain Hamlet stabs him in the stomach