Question

4054va v. english 12 sem a- a
hamlet, part 6: applying literary criticism
claudius: i have sent to seek him, and to find the body.
how dangerous is it that this man goes loose!
yet must not we put the strong law on him; (5)
he’s lov’d of the distracted multitude,
who like not in their judgment, but their eyes;
and where ’tis so, the offender’s scourge is weigh’d,
but never the offence. to bear all smooth and even,
this sudden sending him away must seem (10)
deliberate pause: diseases desperate grown
by desperate appliance are reliev’d,
or not at all.
enter rosencrantz.
how now! what hath befall’n? (15)
rosencrantz: where the dead body is bestow’d, my lord, we cannot get from him.
claudius: but where is he?
rosencrantz: without, my lord, guarded, to know your pleasure.
claudius: bring him before us. (20)
rosencrantz: ho, guildenstern! bring in my lord.
in this scene, what do rosencrantz and guildenstern want hamlet to tell them?
what hamlet and queen gertrude discussed why hamlet is so upset what sort of punishment hamlet thinks he deserves where hamlet has hidden polonius’s body

Explanation:

From the dialogue, Rosencrantz says "Where the dead body is bestow’d, my lord, We cannot get from him" and they are trying to find out from Hamlet the location of Polonius's body. The other options don't match: the first is about Hamlet and Gertrude's discussion (not what they ask Hamlet here), the second is about why Hamlet is upset (not the focus here), the third is about punishment Hamlet thinks he deserves (also not the question they ask). So the correct answer is the option about where Hamlet hid Polonius's body.

Answer:

D. where Hamlet has hidden Polonius’s body