AnswersHSA 26-27 English IV A -ICPart 1: An Introduction to Elizabethan England

Hamlet, Part 2: Word Choice and Tone Answers

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Read the passage from Hamlet, Act II, Scene i.Polonius: How now, Ophelia! what’s the matter? Ophelia: Alas! my lord, I have been so affrighted. Polonius: With what, in the name of God? Ophelia: My lord, as I was sewing in my closet, Lord Hamlet, with his doublet all unbrac’d; No hat upon his head; his stockings foul’d ...

A
matter
B
affrighted
C
unbrac’d
D
foul’d
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Read the passage from Hamlet, Act I, Scene v.Ophelia: And, with his other hand thus o’er his brow, He falls to such perusal of my face As he would draw it. Long stay’d he so; At last, a little shaking of mine arm, And thrice his head thus waving up and down, He rais’d a sigh so piteous and profound That it did seem to shatter all his bulk And end his being.

A
perusal
B
shaking
C
piteous
D
shatter
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To determine the precise meaning of a word, what should the reader consider? Choose three answers.

A
context clues
B
ellipsis
C
inversion
D
tone
E
word choice
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Read the passage from Hamlet, Act I, Scene v.Hamlet: Remember thee! Ay, thou poor ghost, while memory holds a seat In this distracted globe.

A
head.
B
map.
C
planet.
D
sphere.
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Read the passage from Hamlet, Act I, Scene v.Hamlet: Why, right; you are i’ the right;

A
if.
B
in.
C
is.
D
it.
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Read the passage from Hamlet, Act I, Scene v.Ghost: I could a tale unfold whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood, Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres, Thy knotted and combined locks to part, And each particular hair to stand an end ...

A
vastly puzzle
B
highly please
C
greatly disturb
D
deeply enlighten

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