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Elizabethan Drama: The Tragedy of Hamlet — Test

Question 21 • Language Arts 12

Read the excerpt from Act IV of Hamlet . Danes: [ Within .] Let her come in. Laertes: How now! what noise is that? Re-enter OPHELIA. O heat, dry up my brains! tears seven times salt, Burn out the sense and virtue of mine eye! By heaven, thy madness shall be paid by weight, Till our scale turn the beam. O rose of May! Dear maid, kind sister, sweet Ophelia! O heavens! is 't possible a young maid's wits Should be as mortal as an old man’s life? Nature is fine in love, and where 'tis fine It sends some precious instance of itself After the thing it loves. Which statement best describes how this plot event shapes Laertes?

Answer
A
Laertes’s disappointment in Ophelia makes him judgmental.
B
Laertes’s sorrow about Ophelia renders him melancholy.
C
Laertes’s shock at his sister’s condition fuels his anger.
D
Laertes’s sadness about his sister’s state weakens his resolve.
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