The Jacobean language is a rich tapestry of archaic legalisms and colourful insults that give the tragedy tremendous texture. The Hamlet Vocabulary Quiz asks you to test your knowledge of words like quietus and bodkin to see if you speak the language of the period.
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Hamlet Vocabulary Quiz Questions
- What does “antic disposition” mean as used by Hamlet?
- In Hamlet, what does “arras” refer to?
- The word “methinks” most nearly means what?
- What does “perchance” mean in the play?
- In Elizabethan English, what does “wherefore” mean?
- What does “aught” mean in Hamlet?
- The word “nunnery” in Hamlet has what double meaning?
- What does “soliloquy” refer to in dramatic terms?
- What does “ere” mean in the line “ere yet the salt of most unrighteous tears”?
- What does “piteous” mean in context of Hamlet’s sorrow?
- What does “visage” mean in the line “the formal visage of duty”?
- The word “beseech” most closely means what?
- What does “rogue” mean when Hamlet calls himself “a dull and muddy-mettled rascal”?
- What does “remembrance” signify in Ophelia’s dialogue?
- In the line “to thine own self be true,” what does “thine” mean?
- What does “kinsman” mean in reference to Claudius and Hamlet?
- The word “perilous” most nearly means what?
- What does “commend” mean when Hamlet says “commend me to your mother”?
- What does “arrant knave” mean when used insultingly?
- The word “clemency” means what when Claudius speaks of mercy?
- What does “base” mean in Hamlet’s remark about human nature?
- In “My thoughts be bloody, or be nothing worth,” what does “bloody” symbolize?
- The word “obsequious” means what in Hamlet’s address to the King?
- What does “malefaction” mean when Claudius refers to wrongdoing?
- What does “drossy age” refer to in Hamlet’s criticism of Denmark?
- The word “imminent” means what in the context of Hamlet’s fate?
- What does “purport” mean when describing Claudius’s letter?
- The word “dispatch” in Hamlet’s context most nearly means what?
- What does “extol” mean when Hamlet praises Horatio’s virtue?
- In “tis unmanly grief,” what does “unmanly” convey?