1. HAMLET ACT III QUIZ
MS FRACASSI
ENG4U

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

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

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

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

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

9. 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

10. 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