ACT II - Scene II Quiz — Hamlet
by William Shakespeare
Comprehension Quiz: ACT II - Scene II
Why do Claudius and Gertrude summon Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to Elsinore?
What does Polonius believe is the cause of Hamlet's madness?
What news do the ambassadors bring from Norway?
What play does Hamlet ask the players to perform?
What does Hamlet call Polonius that carries a hidden insult?
Who says "brevity is the soul of wit"?
Why does Hamlet want to observe Claudius during the play performance?
What prompts Hamlet's "O, what a rogue and peasant slave am I" soliloquy?
Which of these events actually happened in this chapter?
In the context of this scene, what does "quintessence" mean when Hamlet calls man the "quintessence of dust"?
What does Hamlet mean when he says the play was "caviary to the general"?
When Rosencrantz describes themselves as "the indifferent children of the earth," what does "indifferent" mean?
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