Text of Book
Act 3, page 1
Act 3, page 2
Act 3, page 3
Act 3, page 4
Questions
| 1) | What is this act mainly about? |
| 2) | What does Polonius give Ophelia to hold during her encounter with Hamlet? |
| 3) | Where does Claudius decide to send Hamlet? |
| 4) | What is the purpose of a play, according to Hamlet? |
| 5) | Who does Hamlet ask to watch Claudius? |
| 6) | What name does Hamlet give the play? |
| 7) | What does Hamlet accuse Rosencrantz and Guildenstern of trying to do? |
| 8) | What does Rosencrantz compare the death of a king to? |
| 9) | What does Claudius NOT list among the "effects for which I did the murther"? |
| 10) | When Hamlet visits Gertrude, who is hidden in her room? |
| 11) | Which characters are featured in the pictures contrasted by Hamlet? |
| 12) | What kind of weapon does Hamlet compare Rosencrantz and Guildenstern's letters to? |
| 14) | What does the Player Queen mean in the quote below?
"Where love is great, the littlest doubts are fear; |
| 15) | What does Hamlet mean in the quote below?
"Why, let the strucken deer go weep, |
| 16) | What does Claudius mean in the quote below?
"My stronger guilt defeats my strong intent, |
| 17) | What does Hamlet mean in the quote below?
"Mother, for love of grace, |
| 18) | Look where Guildenstern says that Hamlet answered their questions "with much forcing of his disposition."
What does "disposition" mean in this context? |
| 19) | Look where Hamlet sings, "For thou dost know, O Damon dear, / This realm dismantled was / Of Jove himself; and now reigns here / A very, very– pajock."
What does "realm" mean in this context? |
| 20) | Look where Hamlet says, "my two schoolfellows, / Whom I will trust as I will adders fang'd, / They bear the mandate."
What does "mandate" mean in this context? |
| 21) | Were there any events that weren't clear to you? |