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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. Why is Claudius angry with the young Hamlet after King Hamlet dies?
(a) Because Hamlet thinks he should be king.
(b) Because Hamlet was late and left quickly from his father's funeral.
(c) Because Hamlet will not come to see Gertrude.
(d) Because Hamlet will not return to Denmark.

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

4. Why does Corambis agree to giving Geruthe what she asks for?
(a) Because Geruthe asked so nicely.
(b) Because Corambis is in love with Geruthe.
(c) Because he remembers the girl she was before she married Horvendil.
(d) Because he is aways loyal to the king.

5. What does Horvendil think of Geruthe's actions in the affair?
(a) He believes she should be severely punished.
(b) He believes she was lead into sin by Fengon.
(c) He believes that she was an evil woman all along.
(d) He believes that she planned it all herself and should be punished accordingly.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Fengon is summoned to the audience chamber, what topic does the king first speak of?

2. What does Claudius want Hamlet to do?

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

4. What does Gertrude want Hamlet to do?

5. How does Horvendil describe Geruthe's attention in the past months?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Describe Geruthe's feelings immediately after she is kissed by Fengon in the royal palace.

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

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

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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