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- 1. Multiple ChoiceFor what reason is Horatio asked to witness the ghost?He can speak LatinHe is known for his sanityHe is the king's nephewHe has to be a guard
- 2. Multiple ChoiceIn Act I why are there guards 24/7, weapons being made, and ships being built?Denmark is a medieval kingdomThey fear being in war with PolanFortinbras is thought to attackSomeone is killing kings!
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhat does the ghost ask of Hamlet?He would like Hamlet to swiftly seek revenge for his murder.He would Hamlet to protect his mother.Hamlet needs to marry OpheliaThe kingdom is going to be attacked.
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhat do Laertes and Polonius warn Ophelia of in Act I?Hamlet may not have the best of intentions with her.Hamlet has another girlfriend.Claudius and Gertrude promised Norway Hamlet would marry someone from there.Hamlet has left
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the best description of a characteristic of Polonius?IntelligentLovingNoseyBrave
- 6. Multiple ChoiceHamlet is acting strangely towards Ophelia in Act II. What has he done?He proposedHe creepily nods at herHe is in her closet sewingHe buys her a pony
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhat does the Queen believe to be the reason for Hamlet’s odd behavior?Her marriage and his father's deathClaudius moved in too soonOphelia denied his loveHoratio has been away at school
- 8. Multiple ChoicePolonius has a letter from Hamlet to Ophelia. Because of this letter he is attempting to prove what?Hamlet's odd behavior is because of his father's deathHamlet is crazyThe loss of Ophelia's affection has caused Hamlet's lunacy.Hamlet is a gifted poet.
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWho suffers the first death of the play?GertrudeHamletPoloniusOphelia
- 10. Multiple ChoiceAfter Hamlet has his proof that Claudius killed his father, why doesn’t he kill him when he has the chance in the Chapel?He thinks Claudius is sorryHe still isn't completely sureHe doesn't have the courageHamlet wants to kill Claudius while he is sinning.
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the play Hamlet requests of the players?The Murder of GonzagoMacbethJulius CeasarAlexander the Great
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhat does Hamlet tell Claudius the play is called?The Murder of GonzagoMacbethJulius CeasarThe Mouse Trap
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhich is NOT a reason Hamlet is so rude to Ophelia in Act III?He knows Claudius and Polonius are watching.He wants to separate himself further from herHe hates all women because of his motherOphelia cheated on him
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhat tree does Gertrude mention when describing the death of Ophelia?OakMapleWillowJuniper
- 15. Multiple ChoiceHamlet is sent to England under what pretenses?He is making a political stop before going back to schoolIt is for his healthGertrude has a summer home thereHe is to marry the princess
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhy is Claudius really sending Hamlet to England?He is to collect moneyHe is to dieHe is supposed to marry a princessHe is supposed to get well
- 17. Multiple ChoiceHamlet and Laertes are like characters, yet they are opposite in qualities. What term describes that?OppositeFoilsprotagonistsantagonists
- 18. Multiple ChoiceAfter finding out Hamlet is being returned to Elsinore, what is the plan to end his life?BeheadingSword fightStarvationBanishment
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhy won’t the priest give Ophelia all her burial rights?She has taken her own lifeThe queen wouldn't allow itShe was unwedThe funeral was too rushed
- 20. Multiple ChoiceAfter Hamlet and Laertes fight in Ophelia’s grave. The queen makes an excuse for Hamlet’s behavior. What is it?He was a prisoner of piratesHe is not himself (insane)He loved OpheliaHe has jet leg
- 21. Multiple ChoiceHoratio encourages Hamlet not to fight in the duel for what reason?He isn't a talented swordsmanHamlet has an odd feeling about itClaudius is know for his trickeryOphelia isn't burried
- 22. Multiple Choice“’Tis sweet and commendable in your nature Hamlet to give these mourning duties to your father. Tis unmanly grief. It shows a will most incorrect to heaven..”GertrudeClaudiusPoloniusHoratio
- 23. Multiple ChoiceO, that this too too solid flesh would melt, thaw and resolve itself into a dew!HamletGertrudeHoratioClaudius
- 24. Multiple Choice“If it assume my noble father’s person, I’ll speak to it though hell itself should gape and bid me hold my peace!”GertrudeRosencrantzHamletGhost
- 25. Multiple Choice: “How strange or odd soe’er I bear myself – As I perchance hereafter shall think meet to put an antic disposition on.”HamletClaudiusGertrudeOphelia
- 26. Multiple Choice“Oh, my lord! My lord! I have been so affrighted!”OpheliaGertrudeHamletPolonius
- 27. Multiple Choice"I have found the very cause of Hamlet’s lunacy."Rosencrantz and GuildensternPoloniusOpheliaGertrude
- 28. Multiple ChoiceBut I am pigeon-liver’d and lack gall to make oppression bitter – or ere this I should have fatted all the region kites with this slave’s offal! Bloody, bawdy villain!HamletClaudiusHoratioFortinbras
- 29. Multiple ChoiceThe play’s the thing wherein I’ll catch the conscience of the king.HoratioHamletOpheliaClaudius
- 30. Multiple ChoiceTo be or not to be – that is the question: Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or to take arms against a sea of trouble, and by opposing, end them.HamletGertrudeOpheliaPolonius
- 31. Multiple ChoiceMy honor’d lord, you know right well you did, and with them words of so sweet breath compos’d as made the things more rich. Their perfume lost, take these again;OpheliaGertrudeHoratioHamlet
- 32. Multiple ChoiceGet thee to a nunnery. Why wouldst thou be a breeder of sinners?PoloiusLaertesHamletClaudes
- 33. Multiple ChoiceMadness in great ones must not unwatch’d go.PoloniusClaudiusHamletGertrude
- 34. Multiple ChoiceO heavy deed! It had been so with us had we been there.HamletClaudiusPoloniusHoratio
- 35. Multiple ChoiceWhich imports at full, by letters conjuring to that effect, the present death of Hamlet. Do it, EnglandClaudiusHamletGertrudeRosencrantz and Guildenstern
- 36. Multiple ChoiceO, from this time forth, my thoughts be bloody, or be nothing worth.
HamletHoratioClaudiusOphelia - 37. Multiple ChoiceO thou vile king, give me my father!LaertesHamletClaudiusHamlet Sr.
- 38. Multiple ChoiceOne woe doth tread upon another’s heel, so fast they follow. – Your sister’s drown’d, LaertesGertrudeHamletClaudiusRosencrantz
- 39. Multiple ChoiceI lov’d Ophelia. Forty thousand brothers could not, with all their quantity of love, make up my sum!HamletLaertesGertrudeGuildenstern
- 40. Multiple ChoiceWhy as a woodcock to mine own springe, Osric; I am justly kill’d with mine own treachery.LaertesHoratioHamletClaudius
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