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Read the excerpt from Act III of Hamlet.To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there’s the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause.

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dying
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living
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dreaming
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sleeping
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Read the excerpt from Act III of Hamlet. Polonius: . . . [To OPHELIA.] Read on this book; That show of such an exercise may colour Your loneliness.

A
Look at this computer tablet to highlight that you are all alone.
B
If you read this book, it will show Hamlet that you are alone.
C
Read this book; that will emphasize that you don’t need him.
D
To show her that you are indeed alone, read this book.
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Read the excerpt from Act III of Hamlet. Hamlet: To be, or not to be: that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep; No more; and, by a sleep to say we end The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to, ’tis a consummation Devoutly to be wish’d. To die, to sleep; To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there’s the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause.

A
The actor playing Hamlet shouts his lines to the audience while wildly gesturing with his hands.
B
The actor playing Hamlet speaks slowly and deliberately, weighing the meaning of every word as he goes along.
C
The actor playing Hamlet cries to himself as he tearfully speaks the lines to himself.
D
The actor playing Hamlet sings the lines, adding an impromptu melody to the soliloquy.
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In a well-known adaptation of Hamlet, one actor plays both Hamlet and the ghost. What is the effect of this adaptation?

A
It establishes Hamlet’s madness and that the ghost is not a figment of his imagination.
B
It emphasizes the idea that the ghost is not real, but rather imagined by Hamlet.
C
It complicates the plot and makes it more difficult for a modern audience to understand it.
D
It simplifies the plot of the play and makes it easier for a modern audience to understand it.
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Read the excerpt from Act III of Hamlet.. . . who would fardels bear, To grunt and sweat under a weary life, But that the dread of something after death, The undiscover’d country from whose bourn No traveller returns, puzzles the will, And makes us rather bear those ills we have Than fly to others that we know not of?

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a weary life
B
undiscover’d country
C
puzzles the will
D
those ills we have
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Read the excerpt from Act III of Hamlet. Hamlet: To be, or not to be: that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep; No more; and, by a sleep to say we end The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to, ’tis a consummation Devoutly to be wish’d. To die, to sleep; To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there’s the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause

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These choices emphasize the possibility that Hamlet has gone mad.
B
These choices emphasize the idea that the ghost may be imagined.
C
These choices emphasize the fact that Hamlet is seeking revenge against Claudius.
D
These choices emphasize the fact that Hamlet is considering taking his own life.
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Read the excerpt from Act III of 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

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cowards
B
resolution
C
enterprises
D
currents
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adaptationevaluationinterpretationorganization

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adaptation
B
evaluation
C
interpretation
D
organization
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Read the excerpt from Act III of Hamlet.To be, or not to be: that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them?

A
He still loves Ophelia.
B
He believes the ghost was real.
C
He is planning his revenge.
D
He is contemplating suicide.
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Which best describes a change an adaptation would make if Hamlet was set in modern times?

A
Hamlet and his family are commoners instead of royals.
B
The play’s setting is the United States of America.
C
The play within the play is changed into a reality TV show. ✓ Correct
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Hamlet is a young princess rather than a prince. ✓ Correct

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