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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Fengon do that starts his meeting with Geruthe badly?
(a) He enters the lodge in a very rough and awkward manner.
(b) He tells Geruthe that she could look better.
(c) He falls on the steps and injures his knee.
(d) He gives Geruthe a rose.

2. What is Gertrude's personal regret about her marriage and King Hamlet's death?
(a) That her husband never loved her.
(b) That her husband didn't confide in her.
(c) That her husband never saw her as the person she really was.
(d) That her husband didn't want more children.

3. What does Gertrude want Hamlet to do?
(a) Stay at Elsinore.
(b) Escape from Denmark.
(c) Study at Wittenberg.
(d) Marry an English girl.

4. 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 love and war.
(c) He tells her a story about his mother.
(d) He tells her a story about Byzantium.

5. How does Gertrude feel about King Hamlet's death?
(a) Happy.
(b) Frightened.
(c) Relieved.
(d) Mournful.

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

7. What does Claudius want Hamlet to do?
(a) Be kind to his mother.
(b) Study at Wittenberg.
(c) Stay at Elsinore.
(d) Leave Denmark.

8. What does Horvendil intend to do with Corambis?
(a) Send him into exile.
(b) Execute him.
(c) Torture him.
(d) Promote him in court.

9. How old is Ophelia when she is summoned to Gertrude's chambers?
(a) Twenty-nine years old.
(b) Fifteen years old.
(c) Twenty years old.
(d) Eighteen years old.

10. What does Geruthe think of Fengon's idea of love?
(a) She thinks it is perfect.
(b) She thinks it is sweet.
(c) She thinks it is ridiculous.
(d) She thinks it is unattenable.

11. What name has Fengon taken upon coronation?
(a) Hamlet.
(b) Claudius.
(c) Feng.
(d) Polonius.

12. After Fengon returns from Lokisheim, where does he immediately go to in the castle?
(a) To plead with Horvendil.
(b) To see Geruthe.
(c) The audience chamber.
(d) The orchard.

13. What does Horvendil intend to do with Fengon?
(a) Make him the court jester.
(b) Torture him.
(c) Execute him.
(d) Seize his assests and banish him.

14. How does Geruthe describe her idea of love?
(a) Flowery.
(b) Earthy.
(c) Skyey.
(d) Natural.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What gift does Fengon give Geruthe that changes her mind about having an affair?

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

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

4. Who kills Horvendil?

5. What doesn't Horvendil like about his son's chosen area of study?

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