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Hamlet, Part 7: Plot and Character — Quiz

Question 4 • English Language Arts 12

Read the excerpt from Act IV of Hamlet . Claudius: Where are my Switzers? Let them guard the door. What is the matter? Gentleman: Save yourself, my lord; The ocean, overpeering of his list, Eats not the flats with more impetuous haste Than young Laertes, in a riotous head, O'erbears your officers. The rabble call him lord; And, as the world were now but to begin, Antiquity forgot, custom not known, The ratifiers and props of every word, They cry, 'Choose we; Laertes shall be king!' Caps, hands, and tongues, applaud it to the clouds, 'Laertes shall be king, Laertes king!' Which statement best describes how this plot event shapes Claudius?

Answer
A
Laertes’s chaotic entrance makes Claudius become violent.
B
Laertes’s demands prompt Claudius to change his politics.
C
Laertes’s popular support increases Claudius’s insecurities.
D
Laertes’s arrival renders Claudius remorseful and contrite.
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