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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Horvendil thinking of doing with Corambus?
(a) Run him out of the country.
(b) Promote him and his family.
(c) Retire him, so he is far from the throne.
(d) Kill him.

2. What is Horvendil's primary concern about his brother Fengon?
(a) That Fengon will kill Hamblet.
(b) That Fengon covets the throne.
(c) That Fengon is of bad health.
(d) That Fengon is in love with his wife.

3. What has Hamblet studied at the university?
(a) Economics.
(b) Scientific method.
(c) Astrology.
(d) Religion.

4. Who has betrayed Fengon to the king?
(a) Ophelia.
(b) Sandro.
(c) Corambis.
(d) Hamblet.

5. What story does Fengon tell Geruthe in their first secret meeting?
(a) he tells her a story about his brother Horvendil.
(b) He tells her a story about Byzantium.
(c) He tells her a story about his mother.
(d) He tells her a story about love and war.

6. How long has the affair between Geruthe and Fengon taken place when the king finally finds out?
(a) A few days.
(b) Some months.
(c) A week.
(d) Some years.

7. Who kills Horvendil?
(a) Hamblet.
(b) Fengon.
(c) Corambis.
(d) Geruthe.

8. How does Horvendil describe Fengon in the audience chamber?
(a) Sulky and inferior.
(b) Strong and independent.
(c) Stupid and slow.
(d) Dark and murderous.

9. Why does Geruthe break the embrace with Fengon?
(a) She feels that their desire for each other is a sin.
(b) She is not accustomed to the affections of a man.
(c) She thinks that Fengon is only using her.
(d) She is not attracted to Fengon.

10. When Fengon is summoned to the audience chamber, what topic does the king first speak of?
(a) Domestic affairs.
(b) The future of the throne.
(c) The weather.
(d) His affair with Geruthe.

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

12. Why does Fengon race to Lokisheim and then return to Elsinore?
(a) He must retrieve weapons.
(b) He must hide evidence from the king.
(c) He must tell his servents to hide his posessions.
(d) He needs to retrieve a poison to kill the king.

13. When do Gertrude and Claudius marry?
(a) One year after King Hamlet's death.
(b) Five days after King Hamlet's death.
(c) Five weeks after King Hamlet's death.
(d) One month after King Hamlet's death.

14. How long has King Hamlet been dead when Claudius is made king?
(a) Two years.
(b) Two days.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Two months.

15. What is the first present that Fengon gives Geruthe when they meet for the second time?
(a) A beautiful doll.
(b) A silk scarf.
(c) A cloisonny pendant.
(d) A new horse.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which statement is NOT a reason for Hamlet to stay at Elsinore?

2. What word does Fengon use to describe love?

3. What name has Corambis taken upon Fengon's coronation?

4. What is Gertrude's personal regret about her marriage and King Hamlet's death?

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

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