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

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

3. 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 want more children.
(c) That her husband never saw her as the person she really was.
(d) That her husband didn't confide in her.

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

5. In Horvendil's words, what is the cause of people suffering?
(a) People forced into bad situations.
(b) People made victim of a bad king.
(c) Disrupting the flow of goodness from God to king to the people.
(d) People making bad decisions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Horvendil think of Geruthe's actions in the affair?

2. What does Horvendil intend to do with Corambis?

3. Why does Geruthe respond the way she does to Fengon's kiss?

4. How old is Ophelia when she is summoned to Gertrude's chambers?

5. What is Horvendil thinking of doing with Corambus?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Gertrude agree to marry Claudius so soon after King Hamlet's death?

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

4. Describe the name changes that take place upon Claudius's coronation.

5. Describe two reasons why Horvendil wants Hamblet to return from his studies at Wittenberg.

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

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

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

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

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

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