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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Hamlet talk to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern about a recorder?
(a) Hamlet asks them to teach him how to play the recorder.
(b) Hamlet wants them to make the musicians stop playing the recorder.
(c) Hamlet says he wants to learn to play the recorder.
(d) Hamlet says they want to play him like a recorder and get information out of him.

2. What is the King doing during Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) Praying.
(b) Drinking and celebrating.
(c) Shouting and starting a fight.
(d) Reading and signing documents.

3. Who is Ophelia in love with?
(a) Laertes.
(b) Horatio.
(c) Polonius.
(d) Hamlet.

4. Ophelia comes to watch the play. Before the play begins, how does Hamlet act towards her?
(a) He yells at her and tries to hit her.
(b) He flirts with her and makes suggestive remarks.
(c) He is friendly and apologizes for his earlier behavior.
(d) He ignores her and pretends he does not see her.

5. After the play is performed, what does Polonius ask Hamlet to do?
(a) Ask the players to leave Elsinore.
(b) Go see the Queen.
(c) Go see Claudius.
(d) Go see Ophelia.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Act 2, Scene 1, what does Ophelia say about Hamlet's clothes?

2. What does Hamlet mean when he says "I will speak daggers to her, but use none."

3. After his first meeting with the ghost, what does Hamlet ask his friends to do?

4. What does Polonius tell Laertes about borrowing money?

5. After hearing Ophelia's description of Hamlet, what reason does Polonius suggest for Hamlet's strange behavior?

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