| Order the incidents in Act III.First Second Third Fourth Fifth | To Be or Not To BeOphelia rejected by HamletThe play within the playClaudius attempts prayerPolonius killed |
| Which quotation is a key part of Hamlet’s “To be, or not to be” soliloquy?”There’s something in his soul, / O’er which his melancholy sits on brood””Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer / The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune””am I then revenged, To take him in the purging of his soul, / When he is fit and season’d for his passage?””Give me that man / That is not passion’s slave, and I will wear him / In my heart’s core?” | “Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer / The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune” |
| Which speech reflects Shakespeare’s own life?Hamlet’s “To be, or not to be”The Player King’s speechHamlet’s advice to the PlayerClaudius’s confession | the player king’s speech |
| What two actions taken by Hamlet and Claudius in Act III are similar?plotting against the otherfeeling guiltcommitting a murderusing others as pawns | plotting against the othercommitting a murder |
| Based on its context, the word fardels most likely refers to a(n). | burden |
| Identify two examples of dramatic irony in Act III of Hamlet.Claudius asks of the play, “Is there no offence in ‘t?”Hamlet tells the Player how to say his lines.Polonius says that he acted when he was younger.Hamlet stabs the person behind the arras. | Claudius asks of the play, “Is there no offence in ‘t?”Hamlet tells the Player how to say his lines. |
| What two questions are not definitely settled at the beginning of Act III?Gertrude’s concern for HamletClaudius’s guiltHoratio’s friendshipHamlet’s madness | Claudius’s guiltHamlet’s madness |
| O, woe is me, / to have seen what I have seen, see what I see!These lines are spoken by about . | OpheliaHamlet’s madness |
English Odyssey Unit 2 Lesson 9
April 19, 2020