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McKenzie Pagett [STUDENT] 15 questions

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  1. 1If Shakespeare kills the character of Hamlet, what dramatic convention would he be using?
    1. Aconflict
    2. Bstage directions
    3. Cunhappy ending
    4. Dsuspense
  2. 2Which statements describe Elizabethan drama? Check all that apply.
    1. AMiracle plays tell the stories of Christian saints.
    2. BActors portray emotions that reflect life experiences.
    3. CPlays include Biblical characters in present-day settings.
    4. DPlays address secular themes.
    5. EFlat characters represent single concepts, such as “justice.”
  3. 3Read the excerpt from Act IV of Hamlet.

    Claudius: Not that I think you did not love your father,
    But that I know love is begun by time,
    And that I see, in passages of proof,
    Time qualifies the spark and fire of it . . .
    That we would do,
    We should do when we would, for this 'would' changes,
    And hath abatements and delays as many
    As there are tongues, are hands, are accidents;
    And then this 'should' is like a spendthrift sigh,
    That hurts by easing. But, to the quick o' the ulcer;
    Hamlet comes back; what would you undertake
    To show yourself your father's son in deed
    More than in words?

    Claudius’s reaction advances the central conflict of the play because he
    1. Asuggests a peaceful resolution to Laertes’s conflict.
    2. Bencourages Laertes to seek revenge against Hamlet.
    3. Coffers forgiveness for Laertes’s impulsive action.
    4. Daccepts the blame for Polonius’s death.
  4. 4Read the excerpt from Act II of Hamlet.

    Hamlet: Am I not i’ the right, old Jephthah?

    Polonius: If you call me Jephthah, my lord, I have a daughter that I love passing well.

    In the excerpt, Hamlet calls Polonius Jephthah, after the priest in the Old Testament who sacrifices his daughter to God. What does this allusion suggest about Polonius’s treatment of Ophelia?
    1. APolonius is sacrificing his daughter to trick Hamlet.
    2. BPolonius is very loyal to the royal family of Denmark.
    3. CPolonius is very protective of his innocent daughter.
    4. DPolonius is a better father than Hamlet’s father was.
  5. 5A text that is meant to be performed is called a(n)
    1. Aline
    2. Bdrama
    3. Cscene
    4. Dact
  6. 6Read the excerpt from Hamlet, Act I, Scene ii.

    Hamlet: O! that this too too solid flesh would melt,
    Thaw and resolve itself into a dew;
    Or that the Everlasting had not fix’d
    His canon ’gainst self-slaughter! O God! O God!
    How weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable
    Seem to me all the uses of this world.
    Fie on ’t! O fie! ’tis an unweeded garden,
    That grows to seed; things rank and gross in nature
    Possess it merely. That it should come to this!


    By evaluating the dramatic conventions in the excerpt, the reader can conclude that Hamlet will
    1. Abe involved in conflict but the story will have a happy ending.
    2. Bface both conflict and tragedy but will keep a sense of humor.
    3. Cface tragedy but will pull through and resolve his conflicts.
    4. Dbecome a tragic hero and the story will have an unhappy ending.
  7. 7Read the excerpt from Act III of Hamlet.

    Rosencrantz:My lord, you once did love me.

    Hamlet:So I do still, by these pickers and stealers.

    Rosencrantz:Good my lord, what is your cause of distemper? you do surely bar the door upon your own liberty, if you deny your griefs to your friend.

    Hamlet:Sir, I lack advancement.

    Rosencrantz:How can that be when you have the voice of the king himself for your succession in Denmark?

    Hamlet: Ay, sir, but ‘While the grass grows,’—the proverb is something musty.


    Hamlet’s character is complex in the excerpt because
    1. Ahis erratic behavior confuses his friend.
    2. Bhis loyalty to his ally endures hardship.
    3. Chis desire for revenge defines him.
    4. Dhis quest for political power is unwavering.
  8. 8Read the excerpt from Act III of Hamlet.

    Hamlet:Now might I do it pat, now he is praying;
    And now I’ll do ’t: and so he goes to heaven;
    And so am I reveng’d. That would be scann’d:
    A villain kills my father; and for that,
    I, his sole son, do this same villain send
    To heaven.
    Why, this is hire and salary, not revenge.
    He took my father grossly, full of bread,
    With all his crimes broad blown, as flush as May;
    And how his audit stands who knows save heaven?
    But in our circumstance and course of thought
    ’Tis heavy with him. And am I then reveng’d,
    To take him in the purging of his soul,
    When he is fit and season’d for his passage?
    No.


    Which statement best describes Hamlet’s complexity in the excerpt?
    1. AHamlet wants to commit murder, but he worries about his own fate.
    2. BHamlet wants to avenge his father’s death, but he doubts Claudius’s guilt.
    3. CHamlet wants to end Claudius’s life, but he realizes he is incapable of violence.
    4. DHamlet wants to kill Claudius, but he wants to be sure Claudius will suffer.
  9. 9In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, what plot event prompts Hamlet to become suspicious and resentful?
    1. Aa reprimand from his mother
    2. Bthe departure of Laertes to France
    3. Chis romantic encounter with Ophelia
    4. Da visit from his deceased father
  10. 10Read the excerpt from Act II of Hamlet.

    Remorseless, treacherous, lecherous, kindless villain!
    O! vengeance!


    The figurative language in these lines is an example of
    1. Aan apostrophe.
    2. Bpersonification.
    3. Ca simile.
    4. Da metaphor.

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12th grade English Quiz on english practice test, created by McKenzie Pagett [STUDENT] on 19/01/2022.
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