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Hamlet, Part 3: Figurative Language and Allusions Answers

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Read the excerpt from Act II of Hamlet.Guildenstern: Prison, my lord!Hamlet: Denmark’s a prison.Rosencrantz: Then is the world one.Hamlet: A goodly one; in which there are many confines, wards, and dungeons, Denmark being one o’ the worst.

A
It indicates that Hamlet feels trapped.
B
It reveals that Hamlet is being forced to stay.
C
It proves that Hamlet’s father was killed.
D
It shows that Hamlet imagined the ghost.
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Read the excerpt from Act II of Hamlet.Could force his soul so to his own conceit That from her working all his visage wann’d, Tears in his eyes, distraction in ’s aspect, A broken voice, and his whole function suiting With forms to his conceit? and all for nothing! For Hecuba!

A
is irritated by the actor’s emotional performance of the speech.
B
is impressed by the actor’s ability to cry for a fictional character.
C
wishes the actor had shown more emotion during the speech.
D
feels that the actor does not know who Hecuba really was.
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What is the effect of the figurative language used in this excerpt? Choose two answers.

A
It reveals Hamlet’s anger with himself.
B
It reveals Hamlet’s love for Ophelia.
C
It reveals Hamlet’s plan for retaliation.
D
It reveals Hamlet’s hesitation to act.
E
It reveals Hamlet’s distrust of Gertrude.
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Read the excerpt from Act II of Hamlet.Admit no messengers, receive no tokens. Which done, she took the fruits of my advice; And he, repulsed,—a short tale to make,— Fell into a sadness, then into a fast,

A
Admit no messengers, receive no tokens.
B
Which done, she took the fruits of my advice;
C
And he, repulsed,—a short tale to make,—
D
Fell into a sadness, then into a fast,
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Which statement best explains why Hamlet alludes to Pyrrhus throughout Act II, Scene ii of Hamlet?

A
The allusion highlights the idea of avenging a father’s murder.
B
The allusion proves that Pyrrhus killed Hamlet’s father.
C
The allusion emphasizes the idea of a mother’s betrayal.
D
The allusion suggests that Hamlet imagined his father’s ghost.
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What is the effect of the figurative language used in this excerpt? Choose three answers.

A
It shows Hamlet’s willpower.
B
It shows Hamlet’s indecision.
C
It shows Hamlet’s determination.
D
It shows Hamlet’s confusion.
E
It shows Hamlet’s idleness.
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Which of these lines uses a simile to make a comparison? Choose two answers.

A
Why, what an ass am I! This is most brave
B
That I, the son of a dear father murder’d,
C
Prompted to my revenge by heaven and hell,
D
Must, like a whore, unpack my heart with words,
E
And fall a-cursing, like a very drab,
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Read the excerpt from Act II of Hamlet.Hamlet: My excellent good friends! How dost thou, Guildenstern? Ah, Rosencrantz! Good lads, how do ye both?Rosencrantz: As the indifferent children of the earth.

A
It emphasizes that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Hamlet’s good friends.
B
It shows that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are innocent characters.
C
It reveals that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern have been friends since childhood.
D
It uses a strong image to show that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are sneaky.

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