Hamlet , Part 4: Comparing and Contrasting…

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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

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.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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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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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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A

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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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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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

A

cowards

B

resolution

C

enterprises

D

currents

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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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