Theatre I
Hamlet – worksheet Act 2 & 3
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ACT 2 QUESTIONS:
Polonius gives money to
Polonius wants Reynaldo to spy on
Who has upset Ophelia?
From where did Hamlet know Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
Who returns with news of the war with Norway?
Polonius suggests that Hamlet's madness stems from his love for
In proof of this theory, Polonius reads letters from
should be in the form "____ to ___.")
Hamlet soon realizes that both Rosencrantz and
.
Hamlet says he thinks that "Denmark is a
to
(Your answer
are false friends
.
What traveling group arrives at the castle?
ACT 3 QUESTIONS
Which character adds in extra lines for the Players to perform?
Which character rises from the audience, calling off the play?
Who tells Hamlet that his mother wishes to speak with him?
Who decides to send Hamlet to England?
In order to spy on Hamlet, who hides behind the arras in Gertrude's bedroom?
Although Hamlet has the opportunity to kill Claudius in this scene, he does not do so. If Claudius is killed while
at prayer, his soul would go to
When Hamlet hears a noise behind the curtains in his mother's room, he thinks
hiding there.
Hamlet stabs through the curtains, then lifts up the arras and discovers that he has killed
In this scene, Hamlet speaks harshly to his
Who does Hamlet compare to a "mildew'd ear?”
The ghost enters the room. Who can see it?
At the end of the scene Hamlet says he will not trust his two schoolfellows. Who are they?
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