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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Horvendil intend to do with Fengon?

2. What has Fengon made a vow of renunciation for?

3. How would Claudius describe Hamlet?

4. What is Horvendil's primary concern about his brother Fengon?

5. What word best describes how Geruthe feels when she is with Fengon?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the plan to kill Horvendil.

3. What did Geruthe do with Bathsheba the falcon?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Falconry is a common sport at the time of the story. Gerutha is disturbed by the sport's violence and the blinding of the falcons involved. Write a three part essay to discuss your answers to the following questions.

Part 1. Describe why Gertutha is made uncomfortable with the falcons used for sport.

Part 2. Explain the analogy between the blinded falcon and the affair of Gerutha and Feng.

Part 3. Describe how Gerutha feels after she releases Bathsheba. Do you think it is similar to the remorse of a passed love?

Essay Topic 2

Each main character in the story has things that they want from life that transfer to greed. Write the following three part essay on the characters to explain how each character is greedy in their own way.

Part 1. Describe the things that Gerutha, Feng, and Horwendil each want from life in Part 1 of the story.

Part 2. By the end of Part 2, each character has become greedy for something which they feel they do not have. Explain: What is each character greedy for?

Part 2. Explain how you think each character has changed from simply wanting things in life to becoming greedy for them. What has caused Geruthe, Fengon, and Horvendil each to become greedy?

Essay Topic 3

At many points in the story Gertrude is not content with her life. Explain your opinion of the following question. Do you think that Gertrude has been a victim of circumstance, or do you think her discontent is of her own doing?

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