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Read the excerpt from Act II of Hamlet.Ophelia: Alas! my lord, I have been so affrighted.Polonius: With what, in the name of God?Ophelia: My lord, as I was sewing in my closet, Lord Hamlet, with his doublet all unbrac'd; No hat upon his head; his stockings foul'd, Ungarter'd, and down-gyved to his ancle; Pale as his shirt; his knees knocking each other; And with a look so piteous in purport As if he had been loosed out of hell To speak of horrors, he comes before me.

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He explains Hamlet’s behavior through Ophelia’s dialogue, thereby tying up loose ends in the plot.
B
He introduces the conflict between Ophelia and Hamlet, thereby adding suspense and advancing the plot.
C
He characterizes the relationship between Ophelia and Polonius, thereby adding to the exposition in the plot.
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He describes the background between Ophelia and Hamlet, thereby escalating the tension to its highest point in the plot.
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building suspensecharacter developmentplot eventsrising action

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building suspense
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character development
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plot events
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rising action
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allusionapostrophemetaphorsimile

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allusion
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apostrophe
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metaphor
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simile
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characterlanguageplotsetting

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character
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language
C
plot
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setting
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Read the excerpt from Hamlet.Hamlet: No, faith, not a jot; but to follow him thither with modesty enough, and likelihood to lead it; as thus: Alexander died, Alexander was buried, Alexander returneth into dust; the dust is earth; of earth we make loam, and why of that loam, whereto he was converted, might they not stop a beer-barrel?Imperious Caesar, dead and turn’d to clay,Might stop a hole to keep the wind away

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contrast the deaths of Alexander and Caesar.
B
show how kings should behave around death.
C
compare Hamlet to two rulers who died.
D
emphasize that everyone eventually dies.
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Read the excerpt from Act V of Hamlet.Gertrude: Sweets to the sweet: farewell! [Scattering flowers.] I hop'd thou shouldst have been my Hamlet's wife;I thought thy bride-bed to have deck'd, sweet maid, And not have strew'd thy grave.

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bitter to resigned.
B
depressed to indifferent.
C
happy to remorseful.
D
weary to energized.
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In Act IV of Hamlet, why does Shakespeare include the plot event in which Horatio reads and reacts to Hamlet’s letter about an encounter with pirates?

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to establish Hamlet’s humility in defeat
B
to establish Hamlet’s preoccupation with revenge
C
to establish Horatio’s steadfast loyalty to Hamlet
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to establish Horatio’s cunning motives
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What is the effect of the figurative language used in this excerpt? Choose three answers.

A
It shows Hamlet’s willpower.
B
It shows Hamlet’s indecision.
C
It shows Hamlet’s determination.
D
It shows Hamlet’s confusion.
E
It shows Hamlet’s idleness.
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In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, what plot event causes Ophelia’s mental decline?

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King Hamlet’s ghostly visit
B
Hamlet’s theatrical production
C
Polonius’s violent death
D
Claudius’s scheming against Hamlet
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Read the excerpt from Act II of Hamlet.When she saw Pyrrhus make malicious sport In mincing with his sword her husband’s limbs, The instant burst of clamour that she made— Unless things mortal move them not at all— Would have made milch the burning eyes of heaven, And passion in the gods.Hecuba is a figure in Greek mythology who was married to King Priam. In the excerpt, she is shown grieving for her dead husband.

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that Hecuba was too emotional when she saw her husband’s dead body
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that Hecuba was determined to take revenge for the death of Priam
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that Hecuba properly mourned the death of her beloved husband
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that Hecuba did not show enough emotion after Priam was killed
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Read the excerpt from Act II of Hamlet.The rugged Pyrrhus, like the Hyrcanian beast,— ’tis not so, it begins with Pyrrhus:— The rugged Pyrrhus, he, whose sable arm, Black as his purpose, did the night resemble When he lay couched in the ominous horse,

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Hamlet does not believe that Claudius killed his father.
B
Hamlet is still undecided about avenging his father’s death.
C
Hamlet is shocked by Pyrrhus’s merciless behavior.
D
Hamlet admires Pyrrhus and wants to follow his example.
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Read the excerpt from Act II of Hamlet.Hamlet: My excellent good friends! How dost thou, Guildenstern? Ah, Rosencrantz! Good lads, how do ye both?Rosencrantz: As the indifferent children of the earth.

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It emphasizes that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Hamlet’s good friends.
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It shows that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are innocent characters.
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It reveals that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern have been friends since childhood.
I
It uses a strong image to show that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are sneaky.
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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

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Laertes’s arrival renders Claudius remorseful and contrite.
L
Laertes’s popular support increases Claudius’s insecurities.
L
Laertes’s chaotic entrance makes Claudius become violent.
L
Laertes’s demands prompt Claudius to change his politics.
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Read the excerpt from Act II of Hamlet.Guildenstern: Prison, my lord!Hamlet: Denmark’s a prison.Rosencrantz: Then is the world one.Hamlet: A goodly one; in which there are many confines, wards, and dungeons, Denmark being one o’ the worst.

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It indicates that Hamlet feels trapped.
B
It reveals that Hamlet is being forced to stay.
C
It proves that Hamlet’s father was killed.
D
It shows that Hamlet imagined the ghost.
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Which of these lines uses a simile to make a comparison? Choose two answers.

A
Why, what an ass am I! This is most brave
B
That I, the son of a dear father murder’d,
C
Prompted to my revenge by heaven and hell,
D
Must, like a whore, unpack my heart with words,
E
And fall a-cursing, like a very drab,
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Read the excerpt from Act II of Hamlet. Hamlet: Slanders, sir: for the satirical rogue says here that old men have grey beards, that their faces are wrinkled, their eyes purging thick amber and plum-tree gum, and that they have a plentiful lack of wit, together with most weak hams: all which, sir, though I most powerfully and potently believe, yet I hold it not honesty to have it thus set down; for you yourself, sir, should be old as I am, if, like a crab, you could go backward.

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old men have grey beards, that their faces are wrinkled
B
their eyes purging thick amber and plum-tree gum
C
all which, sir, though I most powerfully and potently believe
D
be old as I am, if, like a crab, you could go backward
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Read the excerpt from Act II of Hamlet.Admit no messengers, receive no tokens. Which done, she took the fruits of my advice; And he, repulsed,—a short tale to make,— Fell into a sadness, then into a fast,

A
Admit no messengers, receive no tokens.
B
Which done, she took the fruits of my advice;
C
And he, repulsed,—a short tale to make,—
D
Fell into a sadness, then into a fast,
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Which words best describe Gertrude in Act IV of Hamlet?

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brave, authoritative
B
kind, compassionate
C
nervous, defensive
D
shrewd, devious
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sensitive
B
principled
C
judgmental
D
manipulative
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Read the excerpt from Act II of Hamlet.I have of late,—but wherefore I know not,—lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises; and indeed it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory; this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o’erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, why, it appears no other thing to me but a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours.

A
The metaphors prove that Hamlet is angry with his mother.
B
The metaphors show that Hamlet is still feeling hopeful.
C
The metaphors reveal Hamlet’s plan to murder Claudius.
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The metaphors emphasize Hamlet’s state of depression.

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