Question
Read the passage from Hamlet, Act I, Scene v.
Ophelia: And, with his other hand thus o’er his brow,
He falls to such perusal of my face
As he would draw it. Long stay’d he so;
At last, a little shaking of mine arm,
And thrice his head thus waving up and down,
He rais’d a sigh so piteous and profound
That it did seem to shatter all his bulk
And end his being.
Based on the context clues, which word from the passage means examination?
perusal
shaking
piteous
shatter
Ophelia: And, with his other hand thus o’er his brow,
He falls to such perusal of my face
As he would draw it. Long stay’d he so;
At last, a little shaking of mine arm,
And thrice his head thus waving up and down,
He rais’d a sigh so piteous and profound
That it did seem to shatter all his bulk
And end his being.
Based on the context clues, which word from the passage means examination?
perusal
shaking
piteous
shatter
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The word from the passage that means examination is **perusal**.