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Introduction to Anglo-Saxon Literature: Beowulf — Unit test Answers

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Read the excerpt from Act I of Hamlet.Bernardo: ’Tis now struck twelve; get thee to bed, Francisco.

A
This is twelve.
B
It’s twelve o’clock.
C
Twelve things have fallen.
D
A man was hit twelve times.
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Which passage from Hamlet, Act II, Scene i is an example of setting?

A
A Room in POLONIUS’ House.
B
Enter POLONIUS and REYNALDO.
C
Exit REYNALDO.
D
Ghost: [Beneath.] Swear. [They swear.]
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Read the excerpt from Act II of Hamlet. Hamlet: I’ll observe his looks; I’ll tent him to the quick: if he but blench I know my course. The spirit that I have seen May be the devil: and the devil hath power To assume a pleasing shape; yea, and perhaps Out of my weakness and my melancholy— As he is very potent with such spirits— Abuses me to damn me. I’ll have grounds More relative than this: the play’s the thing Wherein I’ll catch the conscience of the king.

A
It’s best to make quick, definitive judgments.
B
Indecision is a cowardly act.
C
Always give family the benefit of the doubt.
D
The truth will set you free.
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Read the excerpt from Hamlet.Hamlet: Follow him, friends: we’ll hear a play to-morrow. [Exit POLONIUS, with all the Players but the First.] Dost thou hear me, old friend; can you play the Murder of Gonzago?First Player: Ay, my lord.Hamlet: We’ll ha ’t to-morrow night. You could, for a need, study a speech of some dozen or sixteen lines, which I would set down and insert in ’t, could you not?First Player: Ay, my lord.

A
represent a single idea.
B
have few emotions.
C
change over time.
D
have a simple personality.
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Read the excerpt from Hamlet.Claudius: Why to a public count I might not go, Is the great love the general gender bear him; Who, dipping all his faults in their affection, Would, like the spring that turneth wood to stone, Convert his gyves to graces; so that my arrows,Too slightly timber’d for so loud a wind, Would have reverted to my bow again, And not where I had aim’d them.

A
He is not a popular king.
B
He is not a good hunter.
C
He is really on Hamlet’s side.
D
He fears for Hamlet’s safety.
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A student analyzing the appearance of the ghost in Act I of Hamlet includes this sentence in the analysis.Death conquers everyone.

A
character.
B
plot.
C
theme.
D
topic.
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Read the excerpt from Act IV of Hamlet.Hamlet: Rightly to be great Is not to stir without great argument, But greatly to find quarrel in a straw When honour’s at the stake.

A
Shakespeare utilizes the repetition of “great” to help illustrate Hamlet’s lack of a main point.
B
By repeating the same word, Shakespeare shows that Hamlet is not sure of his point.
C
Shakespeare capitalizes on the multiple meanings of “great” to help emphasize Hamlet’s point.
D
By using a word with multiple meanings, Shakespeare shows that Hamlet is not good at making his point.
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Read the passage from Hamlet, Act IV, Scene v.Laertes: How came he dead? I’ll not be juggled with. To hell, allegiance! vows, to the blackest devil! Conscience and grace, to the profoundest pit! I dare damnation. To this point I stand, That both the worlds I give to negligence, Let come what comes; only I’ll be reveng’d Most throughly for my father.

A
eager to take his father’s place
B
anxious to avenge his father’s death
C
loyal to his father’s memory
D
worried about his father’s soul
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A
building suspense
B
character development
C
plot events
D
rising action
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Read the excerpt from an analysis of Hamlet’s "To be or not to be” speech in Act III of Hamlet.Shakespeare begins the speech with the line "To be, or not to be: that is the question” and then proceeds to ask multiple questions throughout the speech.

A
contrast Hamlet’s speaking style with that of King Claudius.
B
emphasize Hamlet’s indecision that recurs throughout the play.
C
introduce a new motif that focuses on the inevitability of death.
D
illustrate Hamlet’s confusion about his relationship with King Claudius.
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Read the excerpt from Act V of Hamlet.Gertrude: Sweets to the sweet: farewell! [Scattering flowers.] I hop'd thou shouldst have been my Hamlet's wife;I thought thy bride-bed to have deck'd, sweet maid, And not have strew'd thy grave.

A
bitter to resigned.
B
depressed to indifferent.
C
happy to remorseful.
D
weary to energized.
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A
adapts
B
describes
C
evaluates
D
interprets
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Read the excerpt from Hamlet. Hamlet: Let me see.—[Takes the skull.]—Alas! poor Yorick. I knew him, Horatio; a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy; he hath borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how abhorred in my imagination it is! my gorge rises at it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now? your gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar? Not one now, to mock your own grinning?

A
As the play draws to a close, Hamlet still has not conquered his fear of death.
B
Hamlet’s visit to the graveyard leads to him become obsessed with his death.
C
At the end of the play, Hamlet literally faces death and regains a sense of hope.
D
Hamlet has abandoned his plans by this point and has reconciled himself to death.
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A
character
B
language
C
plot
D
setting
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To view the excerpt through a historical lens, which questions should the reader ask? Select 2 options.

A
How does the structure of the text help the audience to understand the situation with Fortinbras?
B
What beliefs were common during this period that make the appearance of a ghost believable to the audience?
C
How does the dialogue reinforce or challenge the gender stereotypes that were present at the time?
D
What literary devices make the relationship between Horatio and Fortinbras clear to the audience?
E
What major political events occurred that the audience can compare to the politics in the scene?
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A
allusion
B
apostrophe
C
metaphor
D
simile
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Read the excerpt from Act IV of Hamlet.Claudius: I ha ’t: When in your motion you are hot and dry,— As make your bouts more violent to that end,— And that he calls for drink, I’ll have prepar’d him A chalice for the nonce, whereon but sipping,If he by chance escape your venom’d stuck, Our purpose may hold there.

A
keep his audience engaged.
B
comment on the monarchy.
C
remind the audience to value life.
D
show the need for intellectual growth.
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Read an excerpt from an analysis of Act III of Hamlet.Rosencrantz and Guildenstern follow orders without question throughout the play. In this scene, Claudius tells them his life is in danger from Hamlet, and they must take Hamlet away. They agree immediately.

A
Acting with respect is its own reward.
B
Things are not always what they seem.
C
Love of country should always come first.
D
Success comes from working together.
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Read the excerpt from Hamlet.Hamlet: My fears forgetting manners—to unsealTheir grand commission; where I found, Horatio, O royal knavery! an exact command, Larded with many several sorts of reasons Importing Denmark’s health, and England’s too, With, ho! such bugs and goblins in my life, That, on the supervise, no leisure bated, No, not to stay the grinding of the axe, My head should be struck off.

A
“demanding.”
B
“complaining.”
C
“edited.”
D
“filled.”
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Read the excerpt from Hamlet.Hamlet: No, faith, not a jot; but to follow him thither with modesty enough, and likelihood to lead it; as thus: Alexander died, Alexander was buried, Alexander returneth into dust; the dust is earth; of earth we make loam, and why of that loam, whereto he was converted, might they not stop a beer-barrel?Imperious Caesar, dead and turn’d to clay,Might stop a hole to keep the wind away

A
contrast the deaths of Alexander and Caesar.
B
show how kings should behave around death.
C
compare Hamlet to two rulers who died.
D
emphasize that everyone eventually dies.

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