Hamlet Act 2 Quiz Multiple Choice
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- 1.Which characters appear in Scene One?
- A.
Claudius and Gertrude
- B.
Claudius and Hamlet
- C.
Polonius and Reynaldo
- D.
Polonius and Laertes
- 2."Your bait of ___ takes this carp of ___"
- A.
1. falsehood 2. truth
- B.
1. lying 2. God
- C.
1. women 2. men
- D.
1. worms 2. fish
- 3.What is Polonius employing Reynaldo to do?
- A.
Kill the king.
- B.
Escort Hamlet to England.
- C.
Drink, fence, swear, quarrel and see prostitutes.
- D.
Spy on his son.
- 4."at a more ___ time we'll read, ___, and think upon this ___."
- A.
1. interesting 2. stay 3. thinking
- B.
1. considered 2. answer 3. business
- C.
1. leisured 2. look 3. book
- D.
1. convenient 2. answer 3. letter
- 5."Let her not walk i' th' ___. Conception is a ___, but not as your daughter might ___.
- A.
1. sea 2. boat 3. get-wet
- B.
1. night 2. curse 3. love
- C.
1. sun 2. blessing 3. conceive
- D.
1. road 2. tie 3. die
- 6.Who are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
- A.
Claudius' sons
- B.
Players.
- C.
Friends of Hamlet.
- D.
Ambassadors.
- 7.What does Polonius believe is "The very cause of Hamlet's lunacy"?
- A.
Unrequited love for Ophelia.
- B.
Claudius and Gertrude's marriage.
- C.
The imminent invasion from Norway.
- D.
His father's death.
- 8.Who is "him/he" when Hamlet says: "What's Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba"
- A.
Polonius
- B.
Horatio
- C.
Rosencrantz
- D.
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