Hamlet Act 5 Assessment

a. Gravediggers
SECTION I. MATCHING
b. Yorick
Match the following people, places, things, and images with their
c. A Churchyard
correct descriptors.
d. Osric
e. A Hall in Castle
-----Where are we, and what is that?-----
Elsinore
1. Act 5, Scene 1 takes place in . . .
2. Clowns . . .
3. Act 5, Scene 2 takes place in . . .
4. A foppish young courtier . . .
5. A fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy . . .

-----Who done it?----- a. Laertes

6. After the second round of fencing, I toasted Prince Hamlets b. Fortinbras
back-to-back victories, accidentally drinking from the poisoned cup. c. Horatio
7. I promised Prince Hamlet that I would live on to tell his story to d. Claudius
the masses. e. Gertrude
8. I won the third round of fencing, successfully poisoning Prince
Hamlet, but the poisoned foil nicked me, too.
9. Laertes ratted me out. I guess you could say that my plan
backfired on me, because I died by the same foil that poisoned both
him and Prince Hamlet.
10. I arrived at Castle Elsinore and found four dead bodies. What
else was there to do but assume command and order a military
funeral with full honors for Prince Hamlet?

-----Who said it?-----

a. Laertes
11. I tell thee she is; and therefore make/her grave straight. The
b. Claudius
crowner hath sat on her,/and finds it Christian burial.
c. First Clown
12. Let four captains/Bear hamlet like a soldier to the stage;/For he
d. Fortinbras
was likely, had he been put on,/To have proved most royally; and for
e. Osric
his passage/The soldiers music and the rites of war/Speak loudly for
him./Take up the bodies.
13. I am satisfied in nature,/Whose motive in this case should stir
me most/To my revenge. But in my terms of honor/I stand aloof, and
will no reconcilement/Till by some elder masters of known honor/I
have a voice and precedent of peace/To keep my name ugored. But
till that time/I do receive your offered love like love,/And will not
wrong it.
14. The King, sir, hath wagered with him six/Barbary horses;
against the which he has/imponed, as I take it, six French rapiers
and/poniards, with their assigns, as girdle, hangers,/and so. Three of the carriages, in faith, are
very/dear to fancy, very responsive to the hilts, most/delicate carriages, and of very liberal
conceit.
15. Set me the stoups of wine upon that table./If Hamlet give the first or second hit,/Or quit in
answer of the third exchange,/Let all the battlements their ordnance fire;/The King shall drink to
Hamlets better breath,/And in the cup and union shall he throw/Richer than that which four
successive kings/In Denmarks crown have worn. Give me the cups;/And let the kettle to the
trumpet speak,/The trumpet to the cannoneer without,/The cannons to the heavens, the heaven
to earth,/Now the King drinks to Hamlet. Come, begin/And you, the judges, bear a wary eye.

-----Picture what?-----
 a. b. c. d.

16. 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.
17. Why, man, they did make love to this employment!/They are not near my conscience; their
defeat/Does by their own insinuation grow./Tis dangerous when the baser nature
comes/Between the pass and fell incensed points/Of mighty opposites.
18. Will you ha the truth ont? If this/had not been a gentlewoman, she should have/been
buried out o Christian burial.
19. Sir, in this audience,/Let my disclaiming from a purposed evil/Free me so far in your most
generous thoughts/That I have shot my arrow oer the house/And hurt my brother.

a. b.
c. d.

20. O, yet defend me, friends! I am but hurt.

21. I prithee take thy fingers from my throat;/For, though I am not splenitive and rash,/Yet have I
something in me dangerous,/Which let thy wisdom fear. Hold off thy hand!
22. Such a sight as this/Becomes the field, but here shows much amiss./Go, bid the soldiers
shoot.
23. The King, sir, hath laid that, in a dozen/passes between yourself and him, he shall
not/exceed you three hits; he hath laid on twelve for/nine, and it would come to immediate trial if
your/lordship would vouchsafe the answer.

SECTION II. MULTIPLE CHOICE

Choose the correct answer based on what weve read, heard, seen, and discussed.

24. Which of the following statements best embodies Prince Hamlets meditations in Act 5, Scene
1?
a. Seize the day.
b. Death is the great equalizer.
c. Time is a figment of the imagination.
d. Change is the only constant.

25. In Act 5, Scene 1, after Laertes leaps into Ophelias grave, Prince Hamlet advances,
proclaiming, This is I,/Hamlet the Dane. What is significant about this proclamation?
a. The title of Prince is not included.
b. The generalized classification of the Dane is added.
c. Both a. and b.
d. None of the above.

26. Act 5, Scene 1 ends with Claudius saying, This grave shall have a living monument./An hour
of quiet shortly shall we see;/Till then, in patience our proceeding be. What does the phrase a
living monument imply?
a. That Ophelia may be gone, but she will never be forgotten.
b. That one who is now living (Prince Hamlet) will die soon, and that those responsible for his
demise will pay tribute to Ophelias untimely death by making sure that it happens.
c. That Ophelia may be gone, but Laertes will carry on the family name.
d. That one who is now living (Prince Hamlet) will die soon, and that his death will forever pay
tribute to/for Ophelias untimely death.

27. In Act 5, Scene 2, Prince Hamlet states, Our indiscretion sometime serves us well,/When our
deep plots do pall; and that should learn us/Theres a divinity that shapes our ends,/Rough-hew
them how we will/That is most certain. What does Prince Hamlet mean by this?
a. That there is relief in being indiscreet at times, instead of thinking, and thinking, and thinking.
b. That fate has a hand in everything, so the best thing to do is sit back and let it work.
c. That he is not as self-involved as he was before and views himself now as an agent of some
higher power meant to take action.
d. That he has decided, after all he has been through, to start praying regularly.

28. At the end of Act 5, Scene 2, Horatio begins telling Fortinbras what has transpired, saying,
So shall you hear/Of carnal, bloody, and unnatural acts;/Of accidental judgments, casual
slaughters,/Of deaths put on by cunning and forced cause;/And, in this upshot, purposes
mistook/Falln on the inventors heads. All this can I/Truly deliver. Who and what is Horatio
referring to in the following phrase?purposes mistook/Falln on the inventors heads.
a. Rosencrantz and Guildensterns reversals of fortune.
b. Claudius reaction to the performance of the visiting players.
c. The ghost of King Hamlets appearance and reappearance.
d. Polonius attempts to bait Prince Hamlet.

29. Why is it better that Prince Hamlet finally gains revenge in the duel scene rather than in the
earlier scene when Claudius is attempting to pray?
a. Prince Hamlet, somewhat of an actor himself, works better with an audience.
b. Prince Hamlet can impress Gertrude and get her to bestow more attention on him.
c. Prince Hamlet is still interested in good sportsmanship, and stabbing Claudius in the back
would not be sporting.
d. All of the masks are torn away, and everything is out in the open for all to see.

30. Which of the following statements gives another good reason why Shakespeare did not have
Prince Hamlet kill Claudius while he was attempting to pray?
a. According to scholars, Shakespeare had already written Act 4, and Claudius attempt to pray
and atone occurs in Act 3.
b. Shakespeare most likely wanted to round out Gertrudes character.
c. Disposing of Claudius earlier would leave the question of Fortinbras unresolved.
d. Claudius is at his most sympathetic when attempting to pray, making the dramatic irony
accordingly greater.