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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How would Gertrude describe Hamlet?
(a) Stately and strong.
(b) Educated and sophisticated.
(c) Rude and unkind.
(d) Skeptical and unsatisfied.

2. Which statement is NOT a reason for Hamlet to stay at Elsinore?
(a) Continue his courtship with Ophelia.
(b) Befriend Claudius.
(c) Help his mother recover from the king's death.
(d) Keep him from raising an army against Claudius.

3. What word best describes how Geruthe feels when she is with Fengon?
(a) Afraid.
(b) Silly.
(c) Cold.
(d) Sensual.

4. Who does Geruthe suggest as a good wife for Hamblet?
(a) Ophelia.
(b) A foreign princess.
(c) A daughter of a royal cousin.
(d) Fengon's daughter.

5. Why is Claudius angry with the young Hamlet after King Hamlet dies?
(a) Because Hamlet was late and left quickly from his father's funeral.
(b) Because Hamlet will not come to see Gertrude.
(c) Because Hamlet thinks he should be king.
(d) Because Hamlet will not return to Denmark.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Horvendil describe Fengon in the audience chamber?

2. Why does Fengon race to Lokisheim and then return to Elsinore?

3. Horvendil asks Fengon why he has always had such hatred. How does Fengon respond to this question?

4. What does Geruthe admit to doing with the falcon?

5. Who has betrayed Fengon to the king?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe two reasons why Horvendil wants Hamblet to return from his studies at Wittenberg.

2. What does Horvendil infer about how his son spends his nights at the university compared to what Geruthe infers?

3. Describe the name changes that take place upon Claudius's coronation.

4. Describe the difference between Fengon's idea of love and intimacy and how it is different than Geruthe's.

5. What does Geruthe need from Fengon to confirm that he really loves and understands her?

6. Why does Gertrude agree to marry Claudius so soon after King Hamlet's death?

7. Describe why Claudius is angry with Hamlet after King Hamlet's death.

8. Describe why Geruthe suddenly wants to be rid of Corambis.

9. Why does Geruthe believe that Ophelia would be a good wife for Hamblet?

10. What do Fengon and Corambis say about the king´s death?

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