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Hamlet Act 5
By Jack Walton
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Question 1
1.
Laertes thinks that Ophelia should have a better funeral service. What is the priest's answer?
He says there is no one to pay for it, since Polonius is already dead.
He agrees and sets about preparing one.
He says she is lucky to be getting as nice of a funeral as she is, considering the nature of her death.
He says that women are inferior beings and only deserve very simple funerals.
Question 2
2.
What is the issue the gravediggers discuss regarding Ophelia's burial?
They resent having to dig at night
She wasn't dead yet
She is supposed to be put in a vault instead
She shouldn't be buried in a Churchyard since she took her own life.
Question 3
3.
Why does Hamlet jump into Ophelia's grave?
He wants to make sure that she is really dead.
He shows that his sorrow is as great as Laertes'.
He wants everyone to think he is still crazy.
He wants to be buried alive so he can be with her forever.
Question 4
4.
What does the King say to Laertes to console him after Laertes and Hamlet are separated?
The King tells Laertes not to worry, that he (Laertes) will soon have the appropriate time and place to kill Hamlet.
He offers Laertes money and a piece of land as consolation.
He tells Laertes he will have the priest say a special prayer to make sure Ophelia's soul goes to heaven.
He tells Laertes that he (the King) will exile Hamlet instead of killing him.
Question 5
5.
What does Hamlet do to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
He pays a group of thugs to take them out and make it look like a robbery.
He offers them money and reminds them that the three of them used to be friends. He asks them to stay with him.
He arranges for them to be kidnapped and taken to Poland.
He replaces their letter (which called for Hamlet's execution) with a letter which calls for their executions.
He doodles on their faces with a Sharpie while they are passed out.
Question 6
6.
What news does Osric bring Hamlet?
The King has forgiven him and offered him safe passage.
The King and Queen are expecting a child.
The King has made a wager on Hamlet's behalf in a contest between Laertes and Hamlet.
The King has confessed to the murder of King Hamlet, and has renounced the throne. Hamlet is the new King of Denmark.
Question 7
7.
What happens to each of these characters? The King
Takes his own life by drinking poison
Is stabbed with a poisoned sword
Is killed by Laertes
Is slain by Fortinbras
Question 8
8.
Hamlet
Drinks a poisoned beverage
Is run through with his own sword.
Is killed by the poison on his opponent's sword
Takes his own life
Question 9
9.
Laertes
Drinks a poisoned beverage
Is run through with Hamlet's sword.
Is killed by the poison on his opponent's sword
Is killed by the poison on his own sword
Question 10
10.
The Queen
Drinks a poisoned beverage
Is run through with Hamlet's sword.
Is killed by the poison on an opponent's sword
Takes her own life with a dagger
Question 11
11.
Who takes over the throne of Denmark?
Hamlet's long-lost son
Horatio
Fortinbras
Laertes
Hamlet Sr.--because he was never dead!
Malcolm
Macbeth