Rest of Scene 3, Scene 4 & 5

Question 1

(scene 3) Polonius to Ophelia, after asking about her relationship with Hamlet: “Be something scanter of your maiden presence.”

maiden: …
maidenhood: …

Answer 1

young unmarried woman; virginity

Question 2

(scene 3) Polonius calls Ophelia a …, says that she is too … of one as well

Answer 2

prostitute; cheap

Question 3

(scene 3) Polonius tells Ophelia that she is no longer allowed to …

Answer 3

see or talk to Hamlet

Question 4

(scene 4) “two pieces goes off”: refers to …, what is happening:

Answer 4

canons; king is getting drunk

Question 5

(scene 4) “swagg’ring uprsing reels”:

Answer 5

dancing

Question 6

(scene 4) this whole canon drinking thing is tradition, but it never happened …, this heavy revelry reflects on …→ …., Claudius is a … to both … and …

Answer 6

often; nation; bad reputation; danger; family; nation

Question 7

(scene 4) Hamlet: I didn’t choose this, but I’m forced to

Answer 7

carry these thoughts

Question 8

(scene 4) Hamlet more prepared to talk to ghost than

Answer 8

Horatio

Question 9

(scene 4) Hamlet’s 1st question to ghost: are you an ….? is this … or ..?

Answer 9

angel or a demon?; divine intervention; a hellish trick?

Question 10

(scene 4) beliefs of Christians concerning Devil at the time:

1. …
2. one intention → …/ make you …
3. Devil is …. than …
4. Devil can …

Answer 10

exists; take your soul; give; smarter; all people; assume any pleasing shape

Question 11

(scene 4) Hamlet fears

Answer 11

hell/devil

Question 12

(scene 4) Hamlet asks to know what to

Answer 12

call ghost

Question 13

(scene 4) Ghost “…” →

Answer 13

beckons; calls Hamlet forth

Question 14

(scene 4) Ghost beckoning– Horatio doesn’t believe Hamlet should go → potential that Devil can …, ghost could potentially bring him to … which would lead him to …

Answer 14

take his soul; suicide; hell

Question 15

(scene 4) Concerning ghost, Horatio has some fears for Hamlet that Hamlet …., this proves that hes a good friend

Answer 15

has for himself

Question 16

(scene 4) Hamlet goes with ghost despite …, he threatens to …, horatio thinks he isn’t in the …

Answer 16

friends trying to hold him back; cut them; right state of mind

Question 17

(scene 4) “something is rotten in the state of Denmark” stated by …, echoes Hamlet’s statement from …

Answer 17

Marcellus; soliloquy

Question 18

(scene 5) Shakespeare’s tragedies filled with …, there is something tragic about …

Answer 18

imperatives; being told what to do

Question 19

(scene 5) sounds like ghost is in … → “sulf’rous & tormenting flames”

Answer 19

Hell

Question 20

(scene 5) afterlives that people believed in at the time:

1) ….
2) …→ … to …, … for …
3) … → …, where souls of … go
4) …→ …-… without … ,for eternity

Answer 20

heaven; purgatory; purge; burn clean; waiting room; heaven; limbo; nonexistent; unbaptized babies; hell; despair; suffering; hope

Question 21

(scene 5) ghost could be from …. or …

Answer 21

purgatory; hell

Question 22

(scene 5) if ghost is from hell→ …

from purgatory→ ghost should not be leading Hamlet to something …, as it is trying to …

Answer 22

motives are suspect; wrong; get to heaven

Question 23

(scene 5) ghost tells Hamlet not to

Answer 23

pity him

Question 24

(scene 5) Hamlet: “I am bound to hear”
bound hear means …,
ghost says Hamlet is bound to …

Answer 24

tied; revenge

Question 25

(scene 5) ghost in ...→ forbidden to tell of ... as it would cause Hamlet ...., it sounds ...

Answer 25

purgatory; secret prison-house; physical harm; hellish

Question 26

(scene 5) ghost tells of King H's ..., story: ...

Answer 26

murder; serpent stung him

Question 27

(scene 5) truth of King Hamlet's death: ... killed him "The serpent that did sting thy father's life/ Now wears his crown."

Answer 27

Claudius

Question 28

(scene 5) Hamlet agrees to ... → would have to ...

Answer 28

take revenge; kill claudius

Question 29

(scene 5) to kill Claudius would be ... and ... which is punishable by ..., it is also the killing of ..... it is ..., ... along with murder

Answer 29

regicide; treason; death; god's representative on earth; unlawful; sinful

Question 30

(scene 5) if hamlet listens to ghost and kills claudius, he'll ... and ...→ ... gets ..., ghost is a ... figure, Hamlet would be damning both his ... and ... ...

Answer 30

die; go to hell; devil; soul; suspicious; mortal; immortal life

Question 31

(scene 5) ghost calls Claudius an ...., so Gertrude is also ..., ghost also calls it ... just as Hamlet believed

Answer 31

adulterer; adulterer; incest

Question 32

(scene 5) Claudius seduced Gertrude with ... and ..., the first blank means

Answer 32

wits; gifts; charm + intellect

Question 33

(scene 5) "seeming-virtuous queen": ghost using Hamlet's ... to describe ...

Answer 33

language; Claudius and Gertrude's marriage

Question 34

(scene 5) "O Hamlet, what a falling off was there!": Ghost insisting that Gertrude's ..., did Gertrude somehow ...?

Answer 34

lust led to this; participate

Question 35

(scene 5) according to ghost, King Hamlet's death was ..., ..... the poison used was ...., which was poured into King Hamlet's ...→..., causes body to ..., ....

Answer 35

hateful; violent; hebona; ear; fast-working; decay; blood curdled

Question 36

(scene 5) if ghost's account of murder is true, Claudius is more villainous than we thought→ wanted brother's death to be

Answer 36

ugly

Question 37

(scene 5) 4 things Claudius took from King Hamlet: 1. ... 2. ... 3. ... 4. ability to ... → one sin of King Hamlet's was ...., Claudius took away his ....

Answer 37

life; crown; queen; confess; murdering King Fortinbras; chance of heaven

Question 38

(scene 5) ghost asks Hamlet for one thing before leaving: kill Claudius but do not .... → let her be .....

Answer 38

hurt Gertrude; drowned by her own guilt

Question 39

(scene 5) Hamlet uncertain of ghost's ..., continues to ...→ proves how .../... he is

Answer 39

nature; question it; cunning; intelligent

Question 40

(scene 5) Hamlet's uncertainty indicates that he is ...

Answer 40

careful

Question 41

(scene 5) Hamlet's metaphor: mind as ..., pages are ..., he will rip out all other "pages" except ... (part of which is to ...)

Answer 41

notebook; memories; ghost's command; leave Gertrude alone

Question 42

(scene 5) despite Hamlet's resolve to forget all else except ghost's command, he still says "O most pernicious woman", referring to ..., emphasizing his ... against ..., specific ... against her→ feels especially betrayed by her, he will have trouble fulfilling ghost's ...

Answer 42

Gertrude; anger; Gertrude; angst; command properly

Question 43

(scene 5) Hamlet: "O wonderful!" when talking to Horatio and others, abruptly ...., his mood was different before ...

Answer 43

changed personality; others came

Question 44

(scene 5) Horatio sees through

Answer 44

Hamlet's cover-up

Question 45

(scene 5) Hamlet doesn't want to ... in the treason, acting crazy so they would ...

Answer 45

involve horatio and friends; leave him alone

Question 46

(scene 5) Hamlet calls ghost "...", Ham (in my opinion) ... word of ghost

Answer 46

honest; believed

Question 47

(scene 5) Essential question of play that scholars have been unable to conclusively answer: "...."

Answer 47

What is Hamlet's problem?

Question 48

(scene 5) Hamlet demanding that they ...., so is the ...!,

Answer 48

swear to secrecy; ghost

Question 49

(scene 5) ghost is willing to ...→they are complicit in ..., they have also heard ..., it was not Hamlet ...

Answer 49

involve Hamlet's friends; swearing; ghost's voice; hallucinating

Question 50

(scene 5) Hamlet is adding to the swear of secrecy: from here on out: "...."

Answer 50

antic disposition

Question 51

(scene 5) "antic disposition": Hamlet will have a "..."→ will be pretending to be ... for remainder of play, hamlet we know will ...

Answer 51

trick way of being; something he isn't; cease to be

Question 52

(scene 5) Hamlet will be impersonating ...

Answer 52

insanity

Question 53

(scene 5) ghost wants hamlet's friends to ... about hamlet's new disposition as well, why is he agreeing with hamlet?

Answer 53

swear to secrecy

Question 54

(scene 5) Hamlet: "The time is out of joint. O cursed spite/ That ever I was born to set it right!": Everything is ..., things are not ..., and I was born to ... Is this real Hamlet, or is he trying to make it seem like he thinks of himself as a hero as part of his antic disposition?

Answer 54

broken; as they should be; fix it