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- 1. Multiple ChoiceThe real reason why Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are visiting Hamlet is thatthey are his good friends.they want to see the actors.the King and Queen asked them to come.they will perform a play at Elsinore.
- 2. Multiple ChoicePrince Hamlet suspects thatRosencrantz and Guildenstern are guilty of killing his father.Rosencrantz and Guildentern were sent for to check up on him.Rosenctantz and Guildenstern will not break their promise to the King and Queen.he will get no pleasure from the actors.
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhen Hamlet explains why the Kning and Queen want his friends to watch him,he does not say this is a reason:Hamlet friends no joy in life.Hamlet finds no pleasure in people.Hamlet talks about seeing a ghost.Hamlet is not happy with the world's beauty.
- 4. Multiple ChoiceHamlet decides to tell the actors to perform the story of his father's killing, so thatthe ghost will not be upset.Hamlet will remember what happened.Hamlet can watch how King Claudius acts when he sees it performed.the guilty person won't suspect anyone knows what happend
- 5. Multiple ChoiceUse the event in this story to judge Hamlet's feelings about plays and actors.Hamlet does not like plays and actors.Hamlet enjoys plays and knows a lot about them.Hamlet never saw a play before.Hamlet wants to be an actor in a play.
- 6. Multiple ChoiceAt the end of Scene I, King Claudius has decided tohave Hamlet put to death in Denmarkship Hamlet out of the country to Englandhave Rosencrantz and Guidenstern kill himhave Hamlet locked in his room
- 7. Multiple ChoiceIn Hamlet's "To be or not to be" soliloquy, Hamlet concludes that humanity isFearful of revengeFearful of going insaneFearful of the unknown after deathFearful of their own family
- 8. Multiple ChoiceKing Claudius' soliloquy while trying to pray revealsthe heavy guilt of his consciencethe guilt of what to do with Hamletthe guilt of keeping the truth from Gertrudehis pride at deceiving Hamlet
- 9. Multiple ChoiceAfter speaking with Hamlet, Ophelia's speech reveals her emotions. She isHappy about what she had thought Hamlet was, but what he never wassad about what Hamlet had been but is no moreangry about what Ophelia wishes Hamlet wereupset her father asked her to ignore Hamlet
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhen Hamlet strikes through the curtain, he thinks he is killingClaudiusPoloniusRosencrantz and GuidensternThe Ghost
- 11. Multiple ChoiceThe difference between the ghost in Act I of the play and the ghost in Act III, is thatonly Hamlet sees the ghost in Act III; in Act I, others didAct I's ghost did not look like the old King; this one doesGertrude sees this ghost; she did not see the one in Act IThis ghost tells Hamlet to make his mother feel guilty
- 12. Multiple ChoiceHamlet refers to whom as trying to play him like a flute?Laertes and PoloniusRosencrantz and GuidensternMarcellus and ReynaldoClaudius and Gertrude
- 13. Multiple ChoiceIn the bedroom scene (scene iv), Hamlet forces Gertrude to look at two picturesone of England and one of Denmarkone of Claudius and one of King Hamletone of Hamlet and one of LaertesOne of Hamlet and one of Hamlet's father
- 14. Multiple ChoiceAt the end of the bedroom scene, Hamlet asks his mothernot to tell Claudius that he killed Poloniusnot to tell Laetes who killed Poloniusnot to go to Claudius' bed that nightto pray for forgiveness for her soul
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhat is The Mousetrap?Source of Hamlet's angerBook Hamlet is readingThe play within a playthe device Polonius uses to catch Laertes in a lie
- 16. Multiple ChoiceTo which characters does Hamlet reveal that he is but "mad in craft" and not truly mad?Gertrude and HoratioPolonius and LaetesRosencrantz and GuildensternOphelia
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWho does Claudius ask to accompany Hamlet on his journey?Rosencrantz and GuidensternLaertesOpheliaHoratio
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWhat does Hamlet believe Claudius is doing that makes him hesitate in killing him?He is apologizing.He is to praying.He is admitting his guilt.He is about to give up the crown.
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhere does Polonius hide when Hamlet is talking to Gertrude?under the bedbehind the tapestryin the closetbehind the door
- 20. Multiple ChoiceWhere does Hamlet tell Ophelia to go?nunnerya hospitala tavernhome
- 21. Multiple ChoiceWhat favor does Hamlet ask of Horatio?to watch Claudius during the dinner party to see his reactionto watch Claudius during the play to see his reactionto watch Claudius during the movie to see his reactionto watch Claudius after the play to see what he does
- 22. Multiple ChoiceWhen Claudius shouts for the lights before the play is over, Hamlet is convinced thatthe ghost lied to himClaudius is really angry with GertrudeClaudius murdered Hamlet's fatherClaudius is going mad
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