Hamlet test: 150 points

• I. 10 multiple choice: introductory notes on the historical era, theater, etc.

• II. 10 matching characters with their descriptions

• III. 15 identify the speaker

Hamlet test, cont.

• IV. 20 true/false: plot and interpretation of Hamlet

• V. 10 short answer

• VI. Give meaning and context for five quotations

Hamlet test, cont.

• VII. Translate a soliloquy into contemporary English-- choose one of the two given

Soliloquy translation

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

To live or die: that’s the issue

Is it smarter to suffer all of the bad things that happen in life