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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. How does Ophelia describe Hamlet's disposition to women?
(a) Hamlet loves all women.
(b) Hamlet trusts women too much.
(c) Hamlet warms to the idea of love very slowly.
(d) Hamlet despises women in general.

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

3. Why does Geruthe summon Corambis on a day that the king is out?
(a) Because she is afraid Corambis will not see her if the king is near.
(b) Because she thinks Corambis would tell the king if he were in the castle.
(c) Because she thinks that the king would interfer in their conversation.
(d) Because she is afraid that the king would be curious about their conversation.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Horvendil asks Fengon why he has always had such hatred. How does Fengon respond to this question?

2. How does Geruthe describe her idea of love?

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

4. What has Hamblet studied at the university?

5. Why does Corambis agree to giving Geruthe what she asks for?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the situation that causes Geruthe to desire Fengon.

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

5. Describe Ophelia's ideas about Hamlet and his personality.

6. Describe the difference between Fengon's idea of love and intimacy and how it is different than Geruthe's.

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

8. Describe why Claudius is angry with Hamlet after King Hamlet's death.

9. Describe how Geruthe asks for the help of Corambis in order to secretly meet with Fengon.

10. What has changed in Fengon after he leaves the audience chamber with Horvendil?

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