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PLATO English 12 Semester 1 End of Semester Test Questions & 100% Correct Answers
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Read this passage from Beowulf. 
then, saw the sage companions who waited with Hrothgar, watching the 
flood,that the tossing waters turbid grew,blood-stained the mere. Old men 
together,hoary-haired, of the hero spake;the warrior would not, they 
weened, again,proud of conquest, come to seek their mighty master. To 
many it seemed the wolf-of-the-waves had won his life.The ninth hour came. 
Which of these words best describes the effect this passage creates? 
A. dullness 
B. suspense 
C. ho...
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Hamlet Act 2 Study Guide 2024.
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Hamlet Act 2 Study Guide 2024. 
Polonius is Reynaldo's social superior. - ANSWER Why is Reynaldo obligated to follow Polonius's instructions? 
 
spread rumors about Laertes - ANSWER What does Polonius advise Reynaldo to do? 
 
one can use deception to uncover the truth - ANSWER Polonius's instructions to Reynaldo demonstrate his belief that __________. 
 
Claudius and Gertrude want them to find out what is wrong with Hamlet. - ANSWER Why are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern summoned to Elsinore? ...
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Hamlet || Act 2 Review Guide 2024.
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Hamlet || Act 2 Review Guide 2024.What does Polonius ask of Reynaldo? - ANSWER To go to France & find out more information about Laertes. 
 
What did Hamlet do to Ophelia to frighten her? - ANSWER He grabbed her wrist, stared at her, and then nodded at her as if to say she is just like his mother. He then leaves without looking away from her 
 
After the ambassadors have left, what piece of writing does Polonius share with Claudius and Gertrude? - ANSWER A love letter 
 
What message do the amba...
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Hamlet AO5 Gender, Women, Ophelia and Gertrude Exam Questions with Correct Answers
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What does critic Elaine Showalter state about Hamlet's relationship with femininity? - ANSWER-- Hamlet's disgust at women is out of his own "disgust at the feminine passivity in himself" 
 
What ideas and themes does Elaine Showalter's quote (Hamlet's disgust at women is out of his own "disgust at the feminine passivity in himself") link to? Is it valid? - ANSWER-- "Frailty thy name is woman" 
- Beard "plucked" off 
- Renaissance Humanism and the new man, slight shift away from toxi...
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Hamlet TEST Exam Questions With 100% Correct Answers.
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Hamlet TEST Exam Questions With 
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As you read the first few lines of the opening scene, what do you see in your mind's eye? Hear? 
Feel? - answerAct 1 Scene 1 
There are guards standing nervously outside of a gate keeping watch. They are nervous because 
they just saw a ghost and are keeping watch because they are waiting for people to attack and 
have to protect the castle 
Why have Francisco and others been assigned to guard the palace? What might happen to 
Elsinore if ...
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Hamlet Act 4 Advanced Test 2024.
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Hamlet Act 4 Advanced Test 2024.How does the queen protect Hamlet? - ANSWER She doesn't entirely protect him. She doesn't tell Claudius that he's confessed he's not crazy to her, but she does tell him that Hamlet killed Polonius. 
 
What does Hamlet mean when he calls Rosencrantz a "sponge"? - ANSWER He soaks up the king's approval and rewards. When the king needs what R knows, he just squeezes R out like a sponge and he'll be dry again. 
 
What two places does Hamlet tell Claudius that ...
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HAMLET QUOTES ACT 1 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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HAMLET QUOTES ACT 1 COMPLETE 
"This bodes some strange eruption to our state" 
ANSWER = Horatio; Marcellus and Barnardo 
"A little more than kin, and less than kind" 
ANSWER = Hamlet in an aside about Claudius. 
When Claudius and Gertrude are talking to Hamlet after their wedding about his long 
mourning. 
"O that this too, too solid flesh would melt, thaw and resolve itself into a dew" 
ANSWER = Hamlet to himself 
"How weary, stale, flat and unprofitable seem to me all the uses of this w...
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UPDATED Hamlet part 2: Word choice and tone
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Read the passage from Hamlet, Act I, Scene iii. 
Polonius: Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, 
But not express'd in fancy; rich, not gaudy; 
For the apparel oft proclaims the man, 
And they in France of the best rank and station 
Are most select and generous, chief in that. - ANSWERSattire 
Read the passage from Hamlet, Act I, Scene iii. 
[Laertes:] Then weigh what loss your honour may sustain, 
If with too credent ear you list his songs, 
Or lose your heart ... - ANSWERSbelieving 
To analy...
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HAMLET QUOTES ACT 1 COMPLETE QUESTION AND ANSWERS
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HAMLET QUOTES ACT 1 COMPLETE 
"This bodes some strange eruption to our state" 
ANSWER = Horatio; Marcellus and Barnardo 
"A little more than kin, and less than kind" 
ANSWER = Hamlet in an aside about Claudius. 
When Claudius and Gertrude are talking to Hamlet after their wedding about his long 
mourning. 
"O that this too, too solid flesh would melt, thaw and resolve itself into a dew" 
ANSWER = Hamlet to himself 
"How weary, stale, flat and unprofitable seem to me all the uses of this w...
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HAMLET QUOTES ACT 1 COMPLETE "This bodes some strange eruption to our state" ANSWER = Horatio; Marcellus and Barnardo "A little more than kin, and less than kind" ANSWER = Hamlet in an aside about Claudius. When Claudius and Gertrude are talki
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HAMLET QUOTES ACT 1 COMPLETE 
"This bodes some strange eruption to our state" 
ANSWER = Horatio; Marcellus and Barnardo 
"A little more than kin, and less than kind" 
ANSWER = Hamlet in an aside about Claudius. 
When Claudius and Gertrude are talking to Hamlet after their wedding about his long 
mourning. 
"O that this too, too solid flesh would melt, thaw and resolve itself into a dew" 
ANSWER = Hamlet to himself 
"How weary, stale, flat and unprofitable seem to me all the uses of this w...
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