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Elizabethan Drama: The Tragedy of Hamlet — Test

Question 23 • English Language Arts 12

Read the excerpt from Act III of Hamlet . Hamlet: Thus conscience does make cowards of us all; And thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied o’er with the pale cast of thought, And enterprises of great pith and moment With this regard their currents turn awry, And lose the name of action. Which phrase from the excerpt most adds a tone of self-loathing to the speech?

Answer
A
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all
B
And thus the native hue of resolution
C
And enterprises of great pith and moment
D
With this regard their currents turn awry
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