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55 Cards in this Set
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Claudius
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King of Denmark
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Gertrude
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Queen of Denmark; mother of Hamlet
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Hamlet
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Son of the late King of Denmark; nephew to the present king
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Polonius
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Lord Chamberlain of Denmark
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Horatio
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Friend to Hamlet
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Laertes
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Son to Polonius
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Ophelia
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Daughter to Polonius
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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
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Schoolmates to Hamlet; spies for Claudius
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Fortinbras
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Prince of Norway
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Ghost
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Hamlet's father
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The Renaissance in England spanned from _____
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1500-1650
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The _____ Era is considered to be the height of the Renaissance in England
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Elizabethan
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The Renaissance started in the country of ____
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Italy
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The Renaissance began in Italy in the ___ century
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14th
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Shakespeare lived between the years _____
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1564-1616
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Shakespeare's wife was named ____
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Anne Hathaway
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___________ was the name of Shakespeare's acting company
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The King's Men
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The major dramatists in Elizabethan England were _______, _________, and ________
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William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, and Ben Jonson
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______ contemporary references to Shakespeare have been located among church and legal records
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Over 200
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The first edition of Shakespeare's collected plays appeared in _______
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1623
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______ was the name of Shakespeare's theater
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The Globe
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___________ was the name of Shakespeare's hometown
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Stratford upon Avon
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The Renaissance refers to ________ based upon _________ and _________
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the rebirth of scholarship; classical learning; philosophy
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External wars, such as ________, and internal strife, such as ________, prevented the spread of the Renaissance to England until the 1500's
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The Hundred Years War; The War of the Roses
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The ideal Renaissance man was supposed to be a _____, ______, and _______
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courtier, soldier, and scholar
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To whom did the ghost first appear?
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The guards who were keeping watch on the battlements
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Why did Hamlet object to his mother's relationship with Claudius?
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1. Hamlet suspected that Claudius killed his father
2. Hamlet was outraged that the marriage occurred less than 2 months after the death of his father 3. Hamlet considered the marriage to be incestuous |
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How did Claudius kill Hamlet's father?
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Claudius poured poison in his ear while he was asleep in the garden
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What did the ghost of Hamlet's father tell Hamlet about Gertrude?
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He said that she was having an affair with Claudius while King Hamlet was still alive
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What did Hamlet make Horatio and the guards swear?
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He made them swear that they would never reveal to anyone that the ghost of his father had appeared and spoken to Hamlet.
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Why did Ophelia brake off her relationship with Hamlet and return the gifts he gave her?
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Her father told her to do so.
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Why did Laertes and Polonius object to Ophelia's relationship with Hamlet?
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They were afraid he was only interested in having sex with her
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Who were spying on Hamlet and Ophelia when Ophelia returned her gifts to him?
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Claudius and Polonius
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What did Polonius believe the cause of Hamlet's madness was?
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Ophelia's rejection of his love
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Why did Hamlet feel it was necessary to have more than just the ghost's word before taking action against Claudius?
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1. Hamlet was afraid the ghost might be a devil or a demon
2. Hamlet was afraid he might have been hallucinating |
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What was Hamlet considering during his famous "To Be or not To Be" speech?
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Suicide
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What was the plan Hamlet devised in order to be sure of Claudius's guilt?
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He was to have a group of players perform a reenactment of the murder of his father
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Why did Hamlet decide not to kill Claudius while he was kneeling in prayer in the chapel?
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Hamlet wanted him to got to hell
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Why did Hamlet kill Polonius?
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He was hiding behind the arras and Hamlet thought he was Claudius
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Where did Hamlet get sent after he killed Polonius?
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England
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Who accompanied Hamlet on the ship to England?
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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
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What did the sealed letters from Claudius contain?
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They contained instructions to execute Hamlet immediately after his arrival in England
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What did Hamlet do with the letters Claudius wrote to the King of England?
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He replaced them with letters that said to execute Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
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How did Hamlet return to Denmark?
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He boarded a pirate ship during an attack. He then convinced them to return him to Denmark
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What did Claudius do after Polonius's death?
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Instead of throwing an elaborate funeral, he buried Polonius in a common grave in the ground.
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Why did Laertes suspect that Claudius was responsible for his father's death?
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Claudius did not arrange a fancy funeral
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Why did Ophelia go mad?
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Her father was killed by the man she loved
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How did Ophelia die?
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She was sitting on a branch above a brook. The branch broke, and Ophelia fell into the water and drowned.
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What did Gertrude do at the battle between Laertes and Hamlet?
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She drank from the poisoned cup
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Who was responsible for Gertrude's death?
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Claudius because he poisoned the wine
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How was Hamlet killed?
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Laertes cut him with a poisoned sword
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How was Laertes killed?
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Hamlet stabbed him with the poisoned sword
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What did Laertes do before he died?
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He asked Hamlet to forgive him and confessed to the plot that he and Claudius devised to kill Hamlet
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What did Hamlet do to Claudius after Laertes confessed to attempting to kill him?
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He stabbed Claudius with the poisoned sword and then made him drink the rest of the poisoned wine
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Who becomes king at the end of the play?
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Fortinbras
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