Hamlet act 1 questions - Pleasantville High School
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Name ____________________________ Hamlet Act 1 Scene 1 Directions: Answer the following questions in complete and detailed sentences. Locate and use 1 quote in any of the questions. 1. The guards are fearsome about what? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 2. Who is the ghost? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 3. Marcellus states that Denmark is undergoing strange occurrences. What is happening and why is this worrisome? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 4. Horatio describes the war between Norway and Denmark. What happened? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 5. What do Horatio and Marcellus plan to do with the news of the ghost? Why do they choose to do this? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Act 1 Scene 2 1. What has King Claudius chosen to do now that King Hamlet has died? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 2. Who has King Claudius written a letter to? What does the letter state? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 3. Who is Laurtes? What does he ask King Claudius, and what is King Claudius’ response? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 4. Describe Hamlet’s mood. ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 5. What is the Queen’s, his mother’s, response to Hamlet’s mood? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 6. What is King Claudius’ response to Hamlet’s mood? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 7. When King Claudius and Gertrude leave, what does Hamlet’s monologue reveal about his true feelings? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 8. When Horatio tells Hamlet of his father’s ghost, how does Hamlet react? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Act 1 Scene 3 1. Who is Ophelia? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 2. What warning does Laertes give to Ophelia regarding Hamlet? How does Ophelia react? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 3. Who is Polonius? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 4. Describe 5 pieces of advice Polonius gives to Laertes. ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 5. How does Polonius feel about Hamlet dating his daughter? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Act 1 Scene 4 1. Lines 38 – 40: What do these lines mean? What literary element is reflected here? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 2. When the ghost enters, what happens? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 3. Line 98: what does this line mean? What literary element is reflected here? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Act 1 Scene 5 1. The ghost wants Hamlet to… ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 2. Lines 47 – 96: Summarize. ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 3. How does Hamlet react? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 4. Hamlet and the ghost ask Horatio and Marcellus to… ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________
