1. What plan do Laertes and Claudius come up with in Act 4, Scene 7 to kill Hamlet? 2. Hamlet finally confronts his mother in Act 3, Scene 4, speaking harshly to her as he tries to force her to realize her own complicity in the crime. What happens to change his tone?

3. How does Hamlet suggest that Claudius and his servants might find Polonius's body?

4. In the last scene of Act 3, Polonius is killed. At the end of the scene, what happens to his body?

5. In Act 4, Scene 5, Claudius is almost overthrown by a violent mob. Who does the mob want to be king in his place?

6. Who is the first person in Elsinore to find out that Hamlet is on his way back to Denmark instead of going to England? How does that person find out?

7. After Polonius's death, Ophelia comes to see Gertrude. What do we learn about Ophelia in that scene?

8. After Polonius's death, what does Gertrude tell Claudius about Hamlet?

9. When Claudius hears about Polonius's death, what is his first thought?

10 List the major characters who die during the last scene of the play ( in order)