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Hamlet, Part 5: Characteristics of Elizabethan Drama — Quiz

Question 7 • English Language Arts 12

Read the excerpt from Act III of Hamlet . Ophelia: What means this, my lord? Hamlet: Marry, this is miching mallecho; it means mischief. Ophelia: Belike this show imports the argument of the play. Enter Prologue. Hamlet: We shall know by this fellow: the players cannot keep counsel; they’ll tell all. Ophelia: Will he tell us what this show meant? Hamlet: Ay, or any show that you’ll show him; be not you ashamed to show, he’ll not shame to tell you what it means. Ophelia: You are naught, you are naught. I’ll mark the play. What word from the excerpt suggests that Hamlet has hidden motives in showing the play?

Answer
A
mischief
B
argument
C
counsel
D
naught
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