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Take a look at this image from Jonathan Price’s adaptation of Hamlet.Take a look at this image from Sir Lawrence Olivier’s adaptation of Hamlet.

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Both actors appear to be calm and logical, emphasizing the idea that Hamlet has not fallen into madness.
B
Both actors appear to be angry and tormented, emphasizing the idea that Hamlet has fallen into madness.
C
The actors are not wearing similar clothes, indicating that it is necessary to change wardrobes for each separate production.
D
The actors are not expressing the same emotions, indicating that it is difficult for actors to agree about how to interpret Hamlet.
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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.The oppressor’s wrong, the proud man’s contumely, The pangs of dispriz’d love, the law’s delay, The insolence of office, and the spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes, When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin?

A
courtship
B
romance
C
passion
D
heartache
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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?

A
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.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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Read the excerpt from Act III of Hamlet.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
He is confident that things will be better after death.
B
He is uncertain about what will happen in the afterlife.
C
He believes that death is like taking a very long nap.
D
He believes that his soul is lost if he kills himself.
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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.

A
dying
B
living
C
dreaming
D
sleeping
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Take a look at these images from Sir Laurence Olivier’s adaptation of Hamlet.

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They show that Olivier’s Hamlet is angry and forceful.
B
They show that Olivier’s Hamlet is thoughtful and somber.
C
They show that Olivier’s Hamlet is distressed and weepy.
D
They show that Olivier’s Hamlet is comedic and jovial.
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How does an adaptation where the ghost and Hamlet are played by the same actor differ from an adaptation where the ghost and Hamlet are played by two separate actors?

A
By having the same actor play both parts, the existence of the ghost is proven and Hamlet’s madness is confirmed.
B
By having the same actor play both parts, the need for vengeance is emphasized and Hamlet’s lack of madness is confirmed.
C
By having the same actor play both parts, the two characters are separated and Hamlet’s lack of madness is confirmed.
D
By having the same actor play both parts, the two characters become one and Hamlet’s madness is confirmed.
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In his adaptation of Hamlet, Jonathan Price plays both Hamlet and the ghost. Which methods might Jonathan Price use to make it clear to the audience that he is playing both characters? Choose three answers.

A
changing his tone of voice
B
changing his costume
C
changing his facial expression
D
changing his posture
E
changing his stage make-up

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