Question

54va v. english 12 sem a- a
amlet, part 1: an introduction to elizabethan theater
did sometimes march? by heaven i charge thee, speak!
marcellus: it is offended.
bernardo: see! it stalks away. (65)
horatio: stay! speak, speak! i charge thee, speak! exit ghost.
marcellus: tis gone, and will not answer
bernardo: how now, horatio! you tremble and look pale
is not this something more than fantasy?
what think you on t? (70)
horatio: before my god, i might not this believe
without the sensible and true avouch
of mine own eyes.
marcellus: is it not like the king?
horatio: as thou art to thyself. (75)
such was the very armour he had on
when he the ambitious norway combated.
so frownd he once, when, in an angry parle,
he smote the sledded polacks on the ice.
tis strange. (80)
marcellus: thus twice before, and jump at this dead hour,
with martial stalk hath he gone by our watch.
horatio: in what particular thought to work i know not,
but in the gross and scope of my opinion,
this bodes some strange eruption to our state. (85)
whom does the ghost look like?

the current king
one of the watchmen
horatio
the former king
assignment
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Explanation:

In the text, Marcellus asks "Is it not like the king?" and Horatio responds by describing the armor and actions that match the former king (the deceased king, likely Hamlet's father). The details about the armor he wore during battles and his appearance in anger align with the former king, not the current king, a watchman, or Horatio.

Answer:

D. the former king