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Hamlet Act 3 Scene 2 Quiz Questions
- What event takes place in Act 3 Scene 2?
- What does Hamlet instruct the players to do before the performance?
- What does Hamlet advise the actors to avoid?
- What does Hamlet warn against in acting style?
- What is Hamlet’s goal with the performance?
- Who helps Hamlet carry out his plan during the play?
- What does Hamlet ask Horatio to do during the play?
- What does Hamlet call Horatio before the play begins?
- Who enters before the play begins?
- How does Hamlet behave toward Ophelia before the play starts?
- What pun does Hamlet make when Ophelia asks if the play will show love?
- What is the title of the play performed?
- What is the plot of the play within the play?
- Who plays the murderer in the performance?
- What does Hamlet say the play’s name means to Claudius?
- What does Hamlet claim the play shows?
- How does Claudius react to the play?
- What conclusion does Hamlet draw from Claudius’s reaction?
- What does Gertrude request after Claudius leaves?
- How does Hamlet describe the King’s response to Horatio?
- What do Rosencrantz and Guildenstern do after the play?
- How does Hamlet respond to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
- What does Polonius tell Hamlet after the play?
- What imagery does Hamlet use when comparing himself to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern’s manipulation?
- What does Hamlet say about his mother’s summons?
- What does Hamlet reveal in his final lines of the scene?
- What theme does this scene most strongly explore?
- What literary device dominates Hamlet’s instructions to the players?
- What phrase does Hamlet use to describe catching the King’s guilt?
- What does this scene mark in the play’s structure?