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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. What does Geruthe want from Fengon?
(a) She wants tangible things including presents.
(b) She wants his undying love.
(c) She wants him to leave Denmark.
(d) She wants his fame and fortune.

2. 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 gives Geruthe a rose.
(c) He tells Geruthe that she could look better.
(d) He falls on the steps and injures his knee.

3. How does Horvendil describe Geruthe's attention in the past months?
(a) Foul.
(b) Overripe.
(c) Sweet.
(d) Ignorant.

4. What does Geruthe tell Corambis that the favor is for?
(a) To give her space to relax.
(b) To learn Christianity better.
(c) To put Hamblet on the throne.
(d) To meet in secret with Fengon.

5. What are Geruthe's real intentions with Corambis' favor?
(a) To read books on Christianity.
(b) To meet with Fengon.
(c) To see Hamblet.
(d) To run away from Denmark.

Short Answer Questions

1. When do Gertrude and Claudius marry?

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

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

4. How would Gertrude describe Hamlet?

5. What is one reason Horvendil wants his son, Hamblet, to return from school?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe some reasons why Claudius wants Hamlet to stay at Elsinore and not at Wittenberg.

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

3. How does Gertrude feel about the King's death?

4. What did Geruthe do with Bathsheba the falcon?

5. Describe how Horvendil behaves in the audience chamber when he speaks to Fengon.

6. Describe how Fengon feels about his brother while he is in the audience chamber.

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

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

9. Why does Horvendil think that Ophelia is a poor choice for a wife?

10. Describe why the first secret meeting with Fengon and Geruthe at the lodge is an awkward event for both characters.

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