HAMLET

Question 1

Shakespear’s comedies depict….

Answer 1

the endearing(=lovable) as well as the ridiculous sides of human nature

Question 2

In Hamlet, Claudius sends Hamlet to England pretending…..

Answer 2

for the prince’s safety

(but in fact Hamlet is escorted by Rosencrantz and Guildenstern carrying Claudius’ letter requiring Hamlet to be executed on his arrival)

Question 3

3. The fact that Hamlet struggles with his doubts about whether he can trust the ghost and whether killing Claudius is the appropriate thing to do is the….conflict

Answer 3

internal

Question 4

Renaissance is …………

Answer 4

a culture movement that began in Italy.

Question 5

The Renaissance revived the great values of ……

Answer 5

the ancient Greek and Roman civilizations that had long been lost to Europe.

Question 6

The spirit of Renaissance was

Answer 6

humanism.

Question 7

The Renaissance was a “rebirth” of certain classical ideas which refer to

Answer 7

the values/achievement of ancient Greek and Roman civilizations that had long been lost to Europe.

Question 8

The cultural values that Renaissance revived from

Answer 8

certain classical ideas that had been long lost to Europe/ ancient Greek and Roman civilization.

Question 9

Renaissance is a cultural movement that began in Italy in

Answer 9

14th century and spread to the rest of Europe by 16th century.

Question 10

William Shakespeare was…..

Answer 10

born in 1564 and died in 1616.

Question 11

Shakespeare’s great tragedies look deeply into ……

Answer 11

the springs of action in the human soul.

Question 12

Shakespeare’s…..has perpetuated his greatness.

Answer 12

compassionate

Question 13

Shakespeare’s comedies depict……

Answer 13

the endearing as well as the ridiculous sides of human nature.

Question 14

Shakespeare’s last plays are called

Answer 14

dramatic romances

Question 15

Shakespeare’s greatness lies in…….

Answer 15

his compassionate understanding of human.

Question 16

In Hamlet, Shakespeare depicts the hero’s struggle with two opposing forces:

Answer 16

moral integrity and the need to avenge his father’s murder.

Question 17

Background of Soliloquy One:

Answer 17

After the ghost told Hamlet the truth and told him what to do and the ghost disappeared, Hamlet is alone on the battlements in the castle and makes the soliloquy.

Question 18

What makes Hamlet sure that Claudius killed his father is

Answer 18

Claudius’s reaction to the staged murder by leaving in the middle of the performance and Hamlet’s overhearing on Claudius’s plea forgiveness for killing his brother and marrying his wife.

Question 19

In Hamlet, Claudius sends Hamlet to England pretending for

Answer 19

protecting Hamlet from being brought into the court.

Question 20

The fact that Hamlet struggles with his doubts about whether he can trust the ghost and whether killing Claudius is the appropriate thing to do is……

Answer 20

the Internal Conflict.

Question 21

In Hamlet, Claudius murders king Hamlet by……

Answer 21

pouring poison into his ear while he is napping.

Question 22

Brief explain the Moral Integrity in Hamlet:

Answer 22

Moral Integrity refers to the fact that Hamlet faces a difficult situation in which he has to realize his father’s commandment as the same time be a moral son and nephew.

Question 23

Brief explain the Moral Corruption in Hamlet:

Answer 23

Moral Corruption refers to the fact that Claudius kills his brother to take his crown and marries his wife. The queen marries her husband’s brother in less than 2 months after her husband’s death.

Question 24

Hamlet pretends to be mad because ………

Answer 24

he wants to uncover the truth about his father’s death and what happened ( he wants to disguise his felling and enable him to observe the interactions in the castle)

Question 25

In Hamlet, Polonius is killed by….

Answer 25

Hamlet when Hamlet is having a talk to the queen.

Question 26

In Hamlet, Claudius attempts to get rid of Hamlet by ..

Answer 26

sending Hamlet to England to be killed by English and arranging a fencing match between Hamlet and Laertes.

Question 27

In Hamlet, Yorick’s Skull symbolizes….

Answer 27

the inevitable disintegration of human body.

Question 28

In Hamlet, the ghost requires Hamlet to …..

Answer 28

take revenge for his death and spare the Queen.

Question 29

Explain these two lines
That one may smile, and smile, and be a villain;
At least, I am sure, it may be so in Denmark

Answer 29

Hamlet exclaims disappointedly that his uncle is really a damned villain although he seems to be a very polite by smiling all the time. Moreover, Hamlet thinks that the Denmark are also villian. This refers that Hamlet is in his complete pessimism.

Question 30

A paraphrases of :
O all you host of heaven! O earth! what else?
And shall I couple hell? O, fie! — Hold, my heart;
And you, my sinews, grow not instant old,
But bear me stiffly up. — Remember thee!

Answer 30

Paraphrase: ah, all you up in heaven! And earth! What else? Shall I include hell as well? Damn it! Keep beating, my heart, and muscles, don’t grow old yet- keep me standing. Remember you !

Question 31

Identify and analyze the literary technique used in:
And shall I couple hell? O, fie! — Hold, my heart;
And you, my sinews, grow not instant old,

Answer 31

Literary technique: “heart, sinew” apostrophe because Hamlet talks to his heart, his sinews as if they were humans.

Question 32

Paraphrase the following lines from Hamlet’s soliloquy:
That one may smile, and smile, and be a villain;
At least, I am sure, it may be so in Denmark

Answer 32

where’s my notebook? - it’s a good idea for me to write down that one can smile and smile, and be a villain. At least it’s possible in Denmark.

Question 33

A paraphrase of 
Yea, from the table of my memory
I'll wipe away all trivial fond records,
All saws of books, all forms, all pressures past,
That youth and observation copied there;
From Hamlet is

Answer 33

Yes, I’ll wipe my mind clean of all trivials facts and memories and preserve only your commandment there.
Hamlet promises to himself that he will forget all the trivial fond records of the past, all the good things he had been learnt from the books and other people, especially from his youth because all these things are different from what he is suffering now. And from now, he just memorised what the ghost says

Question 34

The literary techniques of the underlined in
O all you host of heaven! O earth! what else?
And shall I couple hell? O, fie! — Hold, my heart;

Answer 34

Are: - host of heaven: metaphor because the writer compare host of heaven with the God without using “as, like”.
- O:
+ exclamatory word
+ Onomatopoeia because it is an imitation of the sound made by people who are shocked and exclaim.
- “ heart”:Apostrophe because Hamlet talks to his heart.

Question 35

Hamlet’s tragedies look deeply into…….

Answer 35

the springs of action in the human soul.

Question 36

Why does Hamlet hesitate to kill Claudius?

Answer 36

Because he wants to have more time to find evidence. Moreover, it’s not easy for him to kill his uncle and to hurt his mother’s feeling

Question 37

Why was Hamlet doubtful?

Answer 37

It’s just the Ghost’s story