Hamlet Act 3 Quiz
Scenes 1 - 4
English 12R
Your Name: _________________________________________ Score: _______
Answer each question in a minimum of 3-4 sentences. You may again read Act 3 using our
class copy of the play or using the online resource of the play, which is on your class web page.
You may also review the video of Act 3, which is also posted on your class web page. See
information on your class web page regarding when this quiz is due. Write legibly or print.
Act 3 Scene 1
Read and/or review on video Hamlet’s soliloquy in Act 3 Scene1. You are seeking to learn what
Hamlet is expressing. After you have reviewed and thought about the soliloquy, answer the
question below.
1. Write your version of the soliloquy, putting Hamlet’s thoughts into your own
words. (7 pts)
Act 3 Scene 2
2. How does Hamlet behave towards each of the following characters in Act 3
Scene 2:
• Polonius (3 pts)
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Claudius (3 pts)
•
Gertrude (3 pts)
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Ophelia (3 pts)
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Hamlet Act 3 Quiz
Scenes 1 - 4
English 12R
3. How does Claudius react to the play that is performed in this Act? (7 pts)
4. Can Hamlet now be certain about his uncle’s guilt? (5 pts) Why? (5pts)
5. What do you think Hamlet should do now? Explain. (7 pts)
Act 3 Scene 3
6. What do we learn about Claudius through his soliloquy beginning on line
36? (7 pts)
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Hamlet Act 3 Quiz
Scenes 1 - 4
English 12R
7. Why doesn’t Hamlet kill Claudius during this scene? (7 pts)
8. What do we learn about Hamlet from his soliloquy? (7 pts)
Act 3 Scene 4
9. How do you account for this sudden act (killing Polonius), when he
hesitated so long just moments before? (7 pts)
10. What evidence is there here that Gertrude was innocent of complicity in the
poisoning of her first husband? (7 pts)
11. As Hamlet leaves he asks his mother one more favor. What is that favor? (8
pts)
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Hamlet Act 3 Quiz
Scenes 1 - 4
English 12R
12. How does Hamlet feel about his mother? (8 pts)
Act 3 Scenes 1-4
13. Write your thoughts in regards as to how you think Hamlet feels at the end
of Act 3 following all the events that transpired in this Act. (6 pts)
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