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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3 Section 1 (page 163 to 187).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What other event occurs on the same day Gerutha gives birth?
(a) Rorik dies.
(b) Horwendil becomes king.
(c) Horwendil defeats and kills Fortinbras of Norway.
(d) Horwendil leaves Gerutha for another woman.

2. Who is Ophelia?
(a) Feng's daughter.
(b) Ona's daughter.
(c) Horwendil's sister.
(d) Corambus' daughter.

3. Horvendil asks Fengon why he has always had such hatred. How does Fengon respond to this question?
(a) Fengon replies by leaving the audience chamber.
(b) Fengon replies with silence.
(c) Fengon says he has hated him since childhood, because he has always been favored.
(d) Fengon says it is not hate, but feels tht Horvendil is "strangely negligible."

4. Geruthe is now forty-seven years old. When was the last time Geruthe and Fengon have seen each other?
(a) Last night.
(b) Twelve years ago.
(c) Last week.
(d) One year ago.

5. How old is Gerutha on her wedding day?
(a) Twenty years old.
(b) Thirty years old.
(c) Eighteen years old.
(d) Seventeen years old.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has the affair between Geruthe and Fengon taken place when the king finally finds out?

2. Why does Horvendil disapprove of Geruthe´s suggestion for their son's future wife?

3. When does Horvendil summon Fengon to inform him that the affair with Geruthe is common knowledge?

4. How do Gerutha and Feng usually pass their time together?

5. How would Claudius describe Hamlet?

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