AnswersCA-English Language Arts 12 AHamlet, Part 3: Figurative Language and Allusions

Hamlet, Part 4: Comparing and Contrasting Interpretations Answers

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Read the excerpt from Act III of Hamlet.Thus conscience does make cowards of us all; And thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied o’er with the pale cast of thought, And enterprises of great pith and moment With this regard their currents turn awry, And lose the name of action

A
cowards
B
resolution
C
enterprises
D
currents
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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?

A
a weary life
B
undiscover’d country
C
puzzles the will
D
those ills we have
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Read the excerpt from Act III of Hamlet.The oppressor’s wrong, the proud man’s contumely, The pangs of dispriz’d love, the law’s delay, The insolence of office, and the spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes, When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin?

A
courtship
B
romance
C
passion
D
heartache
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Read the excerpt from Act III of Hamlet. Polonius: . . . [To OPHELIA.] Read on this book; That show of such an exercise may colour Your loneliness.

A
Look at this computer tablet to highlight that you are all alone.
B
If you read this book, it will show Hamlet that you are alone.
C
Read this book; that will emphasize that you don’t need him.
D
To show her that you are indeed alone, read this book.
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Read the excerpt from Act III of Hamlet.To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there’s the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause.

A
dying
B
living
C
dreaming
D
sleeping
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Read the excerpt from Act III of Hamlet.To be, or not to be: that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them?

A
He still loves Ophelia.
B
He believes the ghost was real.
C
He is planning his revenge.
D
He is contemplating suicide.
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A
adaptation
B
evaluation
C
interpretation
D
organization
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Which factors should be considered when evaluating whether an adaptation is a success? Choose three answers.

A
what choices were made in another adaptation
B
the particular choices made in the adaptation
C
how much more enjoyable the adaptation is than the original
D
the effects of the choices made in the adaptation
E
why the choices made in the adaptation are effective
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In his adaptation of Hamlet, Jonathan Price plays both Hamlet and the ghost. Which methods might Jonathan Price use to make it clear to the audience that he is playing both characters? Choose three answers.

A
changing his tone of voice
B
changing his costume
C
changing his facial expression
D
changing his posture
E
changing his stage make-up
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Read the excerpt from Act III of Hamlet.To die, to sleep; To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there’s the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause.

A
He is confident that things will be better after death.
B
He is uncertain about what will happen in the afterlife.
C
He believes that death is like taking a very long nap.
D
He believes that his soul is lost if he kills himself.

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