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Hamlet commands Ophelia to 'Get thee to a' what?
ACloister
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CNunnery
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Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Nunnery
1. The command appears in Act III, Scene I.
2. Hamlet attacks Ophelia just after the 'To be' soliloquy.
3. 'Nunnery' had double sense in Elizabethan English (also slang for brothel).
_Source: Project Gutenberg #1524 — Shakespeare's Hamlet — "get thee to a nunnery"_
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