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