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Elizabethan Drama: The Tragedy of Hamlet — Test

Question 22 • Language Arts 12

Read the passage from Hamlet, Act IV, Scene v. Laertes: How came he dead? I’ll not be juggled with. To hell, allegiance! vows, to the blackest devil! Conscience and grace, to the profoundest pit! I dare damnation. To this point I stand, That both the worlds I give to negligence, Let come what comes; only I’ll be reveng’d Most throughly for my father. Based on the passage, which best describes how Laertes feels about his father’s death?

Answer
A
worried about his father’s soul
B
anxious to avenge his father’s death
C
loyal to his father’s memory
D
eager to take his father’s place
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