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Elizabethan Drama: The Tragedy of Hamlet — Test

Question 8 • English Language Arts 12

Read the excerpt from Act II of Hamlet . Hamlet: I’ll observe his looks; I’ll tent him to the quick: if he but blench I know my course. The spirit that I have seen May be the devil: and the devil hath power To assume a pleasing shape; yea, and perhaps Out of my weakness and my melancholy— As he is very potent with such spirits— Abuses me to damn me. I’ll have grounds More relative than this: the play’s the thing Wherein I’ll catch the conscience of the king. Which accurately and objectively summarizes the theme that is developed by Hamlet’s thought process in this passage?

Answer
A
The truth will set you free.
B
Always give family the benefit of the doubt.
C
Indecision is a cowardly act.
D
It’s best to make quick, definitive judgments.
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