Hamlet and Everyman

1. Where did you read about an alb?
2. Are the scourge of Penance, the garment of Contrition, and the house of Confession best described as examples of a. allegory, b. memento mori, c. exempla, d. tragedy, e. three of the Seven Sacraments?
3. What feature of a revenge tragedy does not appear in act one of Hamlet: a. an able, scheming villain, b. real or pretended madness, c. philosophical soliloquy, d. need for a son to get revenge for his father, e. hesitation of the hero in pursuing revenge.
4. Cite (provide a properly formatted parenthetical reference) specifically where the town where Martin Luther began the Reformation is mentioned in one of these plays.
5. Which is not true: a. in Everyman and Hamlet the word “cousin” can mean other sorts of family relations besides children of siblings, b. both plays feature the memento mori motif, c. the title characters of both plays worry over damnation, d. Everyman and Hamlet are tragedies.
6. Which play criticizes priests who do not keep their vow of chastity?
7. Which play features a priest criticized for not allowing full burial rites?
8. How are the Doctor of Everyman and Fortinbras of Hamlet most alike?
9. What character speaks from “Hell”?
10. Who are all of the unintended victims of Laertes’ poison?
11. Who gets extreme unction?
12. Who doesn’t in some way spy on Hamlet: a. Polonius, b. Rosencrantz, c. Voltimand, d. Claudius?
13. What is it about the design of the Globe Theatre that made it necessary for Hamlet to “lug the guts [of Polonius] into the neighbor room”?
14. In how many scenes does the ghost of King Hamlet appear in the play?
15. Who are all of the unintended victims of Claudius’ poison?
16. What person served as a professional fool or jester and is in a sense present in the play but not an actual character in the play?
17. Who does not go into a trap door in the center of the stage: Ophelia, Polonius, Laertes, Hamlet?
18. When do you see or hear “hautboys” playing?
19. Who says “Young men will do’t, if they come to’t; / ‘By Cock, they are to blame”?
20. Although you find the terms trope and skit in the lecture on Everyman, what best qualifies as a trope or skit in Hamlet?
21. What’s the difference between Everyman and Everyman?
22. Describe briefly an instance of dramatic irony in act one, scene two of Hamlet, and give a properly formatted parenthetical reference for the opening of the passage showing dramatic irony—you don’t need to quote.
23. Explain why these lines: “To be, or not to be, I there’s the point. / To Die, to slepe, is that all?, I all” are not like the corresponding ones in your text.
24. What characters in Hamlet actually get to England?
25. Where did you see this image?

Bonus Questions:
1 (one point). What is the answer in Latin to “Quem quaeritis in sepulchro, O Christicolae?”
2 (one point). Right after Gertrude reveals to Claudius that she was watching when Hamlet killed Polonius who was hiding behind the arras curtain, the king seems to answer her illogically, saying, “O heavy deed! / It had been so with us, had we been there” (p. 718, ll. 12-13). Since Gertrude was in fact there, what does Claudius mean by referring to “us” and “we”?
3 (one point). Name two halberdiers.
4 (one point). Quote with a proper parenthetical reference the first aside in act three of Hamlet.
5 (one point). What two other events of significance to this play occurred on the day Hamlet was born?
6. Fix every error in documentation for this passage from Hamlet (you’ll need to refer to the passage in your text): “It faded on the crowning of the cock. Same say that ever ‘gainst that season comes / Wherein our Savior’s birth is celebrated / The bird of dawning singeth all night long”(p. 660-661, ll. 157-161 ).