Hamlet AP questions midterm
Of the following phrases, the one which is least like the others in subject matter is
"your dread command" (line 7)
In lines 64-73 "custom" (line 64) is presented as having
a dual nature
In line 63, "assume" could best be understood to mean
affect
Lines 59-78 contain all of the following except
allusion
The King's words in lines 42-44 are an example of an
allusion
In lines 33-41 the Kings words to Cornelius and Voltemand reveal all of the following except his
belief that "Old Norway" will not serve as King much longer
In line 60, the word "effects" could best be restated as
benefits
In line 10-13, the ghosts attitude toward the the Queen could best be described as
concern
In line 23, the word "importing" could most accurately be restated as
concerning
Hamlet attributes his mother's belief that he is mad to her
desire to excuse her own actions
Line 50 contains an example of
metonomy
Polonius reveals that the King believes that the queen might be lacking in
objectivity
The Kings discussion of his marriage in lines 8-14 is characterized primarily by
paradox
Lines 43-58 contain examples of
parallel structure, metaphor, personification
Hamlet's words in line 69 contain an example of a
pun
Lines 32-33 are characterized by
rhetorical questions
It is clear that Rozencrantz and Guildenstern desire to protect the King primarily because they believe that
what affects the King, affects everyone
In line 25, the phrase "his form and cause conjoined" could most accurately be restated as
with his appearance and message combined
Hamlet's words in line 67 suggest that he
I. is less than a son to the King II. doesn't look favorably upon the king
In the King's soliloquy (lines 42-78), he expresses some hope based upon
the existence of mercy
In lines 79-89, Hamlet asserts that the difference between what "seems" and what "is" is that
the first is external; the second in internal
In line 103, "this physic" refers to
the king praying