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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the important event that occurs in the springtime for Gerutha.
(a) She becomes queen.
(b) She goes to visit her mother.
(c) She finds out she is pregnant.
(d) She throws an extravagent brithday party.

2. How does Rorik respond to his daughter´s strong opinion of marriage?
(a) He sends her away to England.
(b) He trys to bribe her with more money.
(c) He promises to find a different husband for her.
(d) He maintains a sense of humor but is stern.

3. Which of the following is NOT a name in Part 1?
(a) Corambus.
(b) Feng.
(c) Horwendil.
(d) Polonius.

4. Which word best describes Horwendil's behavior with the songbirds that he has given Gerutha?
(a) Skeptical.
(b) Tender.
(c) Romantic.
(d) Brutish.

5. Which character is the most emotionally distant?
(a) Gertrude.
(b) Ophelia.
(c) Claudius.
(d) Hamlet.

6. Which statement best describes Gerutha's attitude about marrying Horwendil?
(a) Reluctant and intolerant.
(b) Nervous and scared.
(c) Overjoyed and excited.
(d) Calm and quiet.

7. What character seems to agree with Amleth the most?
(a) Horwendil, his father.
(b) Yorik, the court jester.
(c) Ona, his grandmother.
(d) Rorik, his grandfather.

8. Which character starts the story as a wise councilor?
(a) Feng.
(b) Corambus.
(c) Horwendil.
(d) Amleth.

9. What is unfair about how Rorik treats Horwendil compared to how he treats Feng?
(a) Rorik gives Horwendil a larger manor than Feng when the brothers come to visit.
(b) Rorik allows Feng to visit Gerutha more than Horwendil.
(c) Rorik pays Horwendil double the money of Feng, although the brothers completed the same service.
(d) Rorik allows Feng to hunt with his horses during the their visit.

10. Gerutha feels that her feelings for Amleth are inadequate as a mother. What does she believe is the source of this?
(a) Gerutha does not know and is confused with her feelings.
(b) Gerutha believes it is because she doesn´t love Horwendil.
(c) Gerutha thinks it is because Amleth was a difficult child.
(d) Gerutha believes it is because Horwedil is cold emotionally.

11. How does Rorik attempt to change Gerutha's opinion of Horwendil?
(a) He reminds her that she can not have an opinion because she is a woman.
(b) He tells her a fairytale.
(c) He explains to her that it is her duty to marry Horwendil.
(d) He tells her the story of Ona and himself.

12. What does the situation with the songbirds reveal about Horwendil's personality?
(a) That he is sweet and romantic.
(b) That he is kind and generous.
(c) That he is forceful and selfish.
(d) That he is passive and kind.

13. Who is Laertes?
(a) Gerutha's brother.
(b) Ophelia's brother.
(c) Hamlet's father.
(d) Ona's father.

14. Why does Feng leave Denmark?
(a) To battle in other countries.
(b) To flee his angry brother.
(c) To escape the temptation of Gerutha.
(d) To study in a university.

15. What is made clear about Gerutha's opinion of Horwendil?
(a) That she thinks he is ugly and undesirable.
(b) That she thinks he will be a good husband.
(c) The she thinks he has the ability to be romantic.
(d) That she thinks he is selfish brute.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is a name in Part 2?

2. How does Gerutha feel about the way Horwendil treats her?

3. What words best describe Gerutha as a wife?

4. Who is Sandro?

5. Why does Gerutha move back to Elsinore?

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