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

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

3. What do Fengon and Corambis speculate about how the king died?
(a) They suspect that a serpent must have bit the king.
(b) They suspect that he died of old age.
(c) They suspect that the king ate something bad for lunch.
(d) They suspect that a roving theif attacked him.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Geruthe want from Fengon?

2. What does Claudius want Hamlet to do?

3. How does Fengon enter the lodge to meet Geruthe?

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

5. What are Geruthe's real intentions with Corambis' favor?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Geruthe do with Bathsheba the falcon?

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

4. What was Corambis's involvement with the king's murder?

5. What do Fengon and Corambis say about the king´s death?

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

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

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

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

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

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