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Hamlet, Part 4: Comparing and Contrasting Interpretations — Quiz

Question 1 • British Literature and Composition

Read the excerpt from Act III of Hamlet . . . . who would fardels bear, To grunt and sweat under a weary life, But that the dread of something after death, The undiscover’d country from whose bourn No traveller returns, puzzles the will, And makes us rather bear those ills we have Than fly to others that we know not of? Which words does Hamlet use to describe the afterlife?

Answer
A
a weary life
B
undiscover’d country
C
puzzles the will
D
those ills we have

Explanation

Hamlet calls the afterlife “the undiscover’d country,” emphasizing that no one knows what lies beyond death. “A weary life” and “those ills we have” describe life’s hardships, while “puzzles the will” describes the effect of fearing the unknown.

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