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Hamlet Act 2 Quiz
Hamlet Act 2 Quiz
What do Rosencrantz and Guildenstern agree to do?
Confront Gertrude
Watch Hamlet and report back
Challenge Fortinbras
Leave Denmark immediately
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What reason do Rosencrantz and Guildenstern give for visiting Hamlet?
To investigate his madness
To deliver a message from Claudius
To see him out of friendship
To announce Fortinbras’s retreat
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What conclusion does Polonius draw from Hamlet’s behavior?
He is mad with love for Ophelia
He is haunted by guilt
He plans rebellion
He is sick with grief
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How does Hamlet greet Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
Warmly but suspiciously
With indifference
With joy
With anger
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What does Polonius claim to have discovered?
The cause of Hamlet’s madness
A secret affair
A letter from Fortinbras
A plot against Claudius
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Why have Rosencrantz and Guildenstern been summoned?
To discover the cause of Hamlet’s madness
To guard the castle
To spy on Polonius
To attend the royal wedding
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What does Ophelia tell Polonius about Hamlet?
He behaved strangely toward her
He planned to leave Denmark
He insulted Claudius
He proposed marriage
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What does Polonius decide to do after speaking with Ophelia?
Write to Laertes
Confront Hamlet himself
Tell Gertrude privately
Tell King Claudius
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What is Reynaldo instructed to do in Paris?
Observe Laertes and spread subtle rumors about him
Report on French politics
Invite Laertes home
Deliver money to Laertes
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How does Polonius plan to prove his theory?
By interrogating Hamlet
By consulting Horatio
By observing Hamlet with Ophelia
By reading Hamlet’s letters aloud
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How does Ophelia describe Hamlet’s appearance during his visit?
Formally dressed
Covered in blood
Disheveled and pale
Wearing armor
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What phrase does Polonius use to describe his own wisdom?
“To thine own self be true.”
“Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.”
“Though this be madness, yet there is method in’t.”
“Frailty, thy name is woman.”
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At the start of Act 2 Scene 2, who are Claudius and Gertrude speaking to?
Polonius and Ophelia
Horatio and Marcellus
The ambassadors from Norway
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
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Who brings news from Norway in Act 2 Scene 2?
Laertes and Polonius
Voltemand and Cornelius
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
Horatio and Marcellus
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What does Polonius show the king and queen as evidence?
A diary
A dagger
Hamlet’s love letters to Ophelia
A locket
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What does Hamlet plan to insert into the play?
A scene mocking Polonius
A confession from Claudius
A message for Ophelia
Lines that mirror his father’s murder
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What does Hamlet ask the players to perform?
The Murder of Gonzago
The Death of Priam
The Battle of Norway
The Fall of Troy
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Why does Hamlet want to modify the play?
To test Claudius’s guilt
To distract Gertrude
To impress Ophelia
To entertain the court
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Who does Polonius send to spy on Laertes in Paris?
Osric
Guildenstern
Rosencrantz
Reynaldo
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What emotion defines Hamlet’s state by the end of Act 2?
Calm acceptance
Hopeless grief
Pure rage
Determined doubt
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What does Hamlet imply about Polonius’s daughter?
That she plots revenge
That she will betray him
That she should be honest and chaste
That she loves Claudius
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What entertainment do Rosencrantz and Guildenstern tell Hamlet about?
A new law from Claudius
A royal ball
A duel between nobles
A troupe of actors coming to Elsinore
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Where will Fortinbras instead direct his forces?
Toward Poland
Toward England
Toward Sweden
Toward France
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What news do the ambassadors bring from Norway?
Peace talks have failed
Fortinbras plans invasion
Fortinbras will not attack Denmark
The king of Norway has died
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What is Hamlet’s closing plan at the end of the act?
To catch the conscience of the king
To flee Denmark
To marry Ophelia
To challenge Fortinbras
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What does Polonius hope to learn by sending Reynaldo?
News about Fortinbras
Laertes’s behavior abroad
The king’s reputation
Hamlet’s mental state
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Who enters distressed after Reynaldo leaves?
Gertrude
Horatio
Ophelia
Rosencrantz
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Where does Polonius suggest Hamlet’s madness first appeared?
During his studies in Wittenberg
After Claudius’s coronation
After his father’s death
In Ophelia’s rejection of him
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What does Hamlet call Polonius during their conversation?
A grave-maker
A fool
A fishmonger
A jester
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What theme dominates Act 2?
Appearance versus reality
Fate and prophecy
Death and decay
Revenge and justice
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Time's up
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