| ominously significant or indicative of something | portentous |
| incapable of being wounded, hurt, or damaged | invulnerable |
| vicious, wanton, or mischievous, in motivation or purpose | malicious |
| nothing or having the relation of a child to a parent | filial |
| a person who spends, or has spent, his or her money or substance with wasteful extravagance, spendthrift | prodigal |
| a solemn promise, pledge, or personal commitment | vow |
| causing insidious harm or ruin | pernicious |
| open to or having several possible meanings or interpretations | ambigious |
| antonym for portentous | unthreatening |
| antonym for invulnerable | weak, penetrable |
| antonym for malicious | benevolent |
| antonym for filial | unrelated |
| antonym for prodigal | responsible, frugal |
| antonym for vow | lie |
| antonym for pernicious | benevolent |
| antonym for ambigious | definite |
| synonym for protentous | sinister, menacing |
| synonym for invulnerable | bulletproof, secure, strong |
| synonym for malicious | spiteful |
| synonym for filial | offspring |
| synonym for prodigal | wasteful, lavish |
| synonym for vow | oath |
| synonym for pernicious | malignent |
| synonym for ambigious | doubtful |
| where does the play take place? | denmark |
| as the play opens, horatio joins marcells and Bernardo at their night watch, why has horatio joined them? | they saw a ghost and horatio is educated so there has to be some sort of reasoning |
| in line 96, how does horatio interpret the appearance of the ghost. | he begins to think something is wrong with denmark |
| what three questions does marcellus raise? | why we trade with foreign markets for war machinery?what is going to happen that requires everybody to work day and night?why are shipwrights forced to work every day of the week? |
| in a long speech horatio answers marcellus, summarice as briefly as you can the events that have led to preparations for war | dad hamlet, fought dad fortenbraus and dad hamlet was the one who won and then was later killed |
| what three reasons does horatio list for the superstition of a ghost’s returning from the grave | bad things will happen now then bad things will come |
| why do horatio and marcellus decide to tell hamlet? | because it looks like his dead dad so maybe he can help them understand. |
| what news does king claudius announce at the opening of scene 2? | it is easy, fortenbraus was trying to attack and will speak to his uncle to try to change ideas |
| why does claudius send cornelius and voltimad to norway? | to bring a greeeting to the kind of norway |
| why does claudius want hamlet to remain at court? | he wants to keep him close |
| about how long has hamlet’s father been dead | two months |
| explain why hamlet says “fraility, thy name is woman!” | he says his mother is weak for marrying his father. because she cant handle being queen without a man in her life. |
| at the end of scene two what is hamlets plan? | to avenge his fathers death |
| why does laertes warn his sister ophelia not to place too much hope in hamlet’s attentions to her. | because it is only temporary because he is a prince he must marry a princess |
| what does laertes say must govern hamlets marriage choice | his position to marry a princess |
| what advice does ophelia in turn give to laertes | take your own advice dont sleep with every girl in paris, dont be a hypocrite |
| what are polonius’s instructions to ophelia about hamlet | dont waste your time wiht him, dont believe his vows. |
| what is happening at the court while hamlet, horatio, marcellus are on the platform | the people are having and enormous party |
| why does hamlet denounce the custom of drunken celebration | makes the country look vulnerable and weak |
| what happens at the end of scene 4 | ghost dad shows up hamlet goes with him |
| what does the ghost reveal about the manner of his death | claudius poisoned him in the ear |
| what goes the ghost tell hamlet about his mother | leave her out of this only go for the murderes |
| what tasks does the ghost tell hamlet to undertake. | to avenge his fathers murder |
| what does hamlet imply he might do | he may act absolutely crazy. |
| “my hour is almost come when i to sulphrous and tormenting flamesmust render up myself” who said this? | ghost |
| “my hour is almost come when i to sulphrous and tormenting flamesmust render up myself” what is the context of this? | when the sun comes up he has to leave |
| “my hour is almost come when i to sulphrous and tormenting flamesmust render up myself” the importance? | he is in purgatory,, he died an unnatural death and his death must be avenged. |
| “the serpent that did sting thy father’s life now wears his crown” who said this? | ghost |
| “the serpent that did sting thy father’s life now wears his crown” context | he is explaining to hamlet on how he died |
| “the serpent that did sting thy father’s life now wears his crown” importance? | he was murdered by claudis his own uncle |
| ” a little more than kin, and less than kind” who said this? | hamlet |
| ” a little more than kin, and less than kind” context? | mourning his dad’s death |
| ” a little more than kin, and less than kind” importance? | although related to his uncle it is weird to call him his dad |
| “all that lives must die, passing through nature to eternity” who said this? | queen, gertrude |
| “all that lives must die, passing through nature to eternity” context? | hamlet get over yourself and get over mourning |
| “all that lives must die, passing through nature to eternity” importance | telling hamlet to just man up and take it like a man |
| “give every man thy ear, but few thy voicetake each man’s censure, but reserve thy judgement” who said this? | polonius |
| “give every man thy ear, but few thy voicetake each man’s censure, but reserve thy judgement” context | giving laertes advice |
| “give every man thy ear, but few thy voicetake each man’s censure, but reserve thy judgement” importance | listen to all but only give your thoughts to those you trust |
| “this above all – to thine own self to be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.” who said this? | polonius |
| “this above all – to thine own self to be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.” context? | giving laertes advice |
| “this above all – to thine own self to be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.” importance | be true to himself and be true the the man he is to be |
| “neither a borrower nor a lender be;for loan oft loses both itself and friend, and borrowing dulls the edge of husbandrythis above all; to thine own self be true, and it must follow as the night the daythous canst not then be false to any man” who said this? | polonius |
| “neither a borrower nor a lender be;for loan oft loses both itself and friend, and borrowing dulls the edge of husbandrythis above all; to thine own self be true, and it must follow as the night the daythous canst not then be false to any man” context? | giving laertes advice |
| “neither a borrower nor a lender be;for loan oft loses both itself and friend, and borrowing dulls the edge of husbandrythis above all; to thine own self be true, and it must follow as the night the daythous canst not then be false to any man” importance? | dont borrow or give any money because you can lose the money and a friendship. |
English Quiz Hamlet Act 1
September 9, 2019