Hamlet Act 1 Scene 1 and mostly 2

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5th Grade Topic 1 Question / What does Laertes want in Act 1 Scene 2?

5th Grade Topic 1 Answer Laertes wants to return to school in France.

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5th Grade Topic 2 Question / What does Claudius send Voltimond and Cornelius to do?

5th Grade Topic 2 Answer They are sent to give a message to the King of Norway, requesting that he discourage Fortinbras from waging war against Denmark.

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4th Grade Topic 3 Question / What do Claudius and the Queen (Gertrude) want Hamlet to do ?

4th Grade Topic 3 Answer They would like Hamlet; not to return to school in Wittenberg Accept Claudius as his new father Stop mourning Old Hamlet’s death/ shed his funeral clothes

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4th Grade Topic 4 Question / What do Horatio, Marcellus and Bernardo decide to do as Act 1 scene 1 ends?

4th Grade Topic 4 Answer The men plan to tell Hamlet about the ghost sighting in the hope that the ghost will speak to him.

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3rd Grade Topic 5 Question / Who does the ghost appear to be and how is he dressed?

3rd Grade Topic 5 Answer The ghost resembles Hamlet’s dead father and dressed in amour/ war attire.

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3rd Grade Topic 6 Question / When Bernardo, Marcellus and Horatio find Hamlet, what does he plan to do as a result of what they tell him

3rd Grade Topic 6 Answer / Hamlet plans to watch guard that night and try to speak to the ghost.

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2nd Grade Topic 7 Question / What is the irony of Bernardo's' declaration, " Long live the King"(1.1.3 )?

2nd Grade Topic 7 Answer / The irony is that there may be two reigning king’s of Denmark.

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2nd Grade Topic 8 Question / Hamlet says, “A little more than kin and less than kind” (1.2.65). How does this reflect Hamlet’s feelings towards his uncle and mother?

2nd Grade Topic 8 Answer / The incestuous relationship makes the family dynamic awkward. / Hamlet isn’t feeling truly accepted by his family. / The incestuous relationship makes the family dynamic awkward. / Hamlet isn’t feeling truly accepted by his family.

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1st Grade Topic 9 Question / Why is Horatio in Denmark?

1st Grade Topic 9 Answer To witness King Hamlet’s funeral To witness King Claudius and Queen Gertrude’s wedding. To witness King Hamlet’s funeral To witness King Claudius and Queen Gertrude’s wedding.

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1st Grade Topic 10 Question / Why is Hamlet upset in Act I, scene ii?

1st Grade Topic 10 Answer / His father is dead. / 2. His mother has re-married very quickly. / 3. He does not like his new step-father. He often contrasts him unfavourably with his father. / 4. He has not become king himself. / 5. He is depressed and suicidal / His father is dead. / 2. His mother has re-married very quickly. / 3. He does not like his new step-father. He often contrasts him unfavourably with his father. / 4. He has not become king himself. / 5. He is depressed and suicidal

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Million Dollar Question Grade Level Topic 11 What does Hamlet make Horatio et al. promise at the end of scene 2, and what does he suspect about the ghost sighting?

1,000,000 Question What does Hamlet make Horatio et al. promise at the end of scene 2, and what does he suspect about the ghost sighting?

1,000,000 Answer / His dad's ghost showing up armed is probably a bad sign. He suspects foul play and pledges that truth of the crime will be revealed.

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