Question

Read the excerpt from Act I of Hamlet.

Answer 1

I’m pretty sure your answer is 4. I think it is before twelve.

Answer 2

The correct answer is option D. The best adaptation of the phrase "I think it lacks of twelve" is: I thinks it is before twelve.

According to the modern text, in Act 1, Scene 4 of the play Hamlet, Horatio answers to Hamlet's question by expressing that he thinks that the time is a little before twelve. The modern text reads: "A little before twelve, I think".