Hamlet Act 5 - Assessment

1.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What does Claudius place in the cup as Laertes and Hamlet duel?

A necklace

A pearl

More wine

A Coin

2.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Who said this: "Forty thousand brothers/Could not, with all their quantity of love,/Make up my sum."

Hamlet

Claudius

Laertes

Horatio

3.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Before the dueling match,

Hamlet apologizes to Laertes

Hamlet apologizes to Gertrude

Hamlet apologizes to Claudius

Laertes apologizes to Hamlet

4.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Who said this: "Now cracks a noble heart. Good night sweet prince,/And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest!"

Horatio

Claudius

Hamlet

Laertes

5.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Whose skull does Hamlet hold during Act V, Scene i?

His father's

Osric's

Yorick's

Ophelia's

6.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What does Hamlet contemplate while he holds the skull?

The inevitability of death

The meaning of life

The beauty of nature

The consequences of his actions

7.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What information does Hamlet find in Claudius' letter to the King of England?

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are spies

Ophelia has drowned

Hamlet should be put to death

Fortinbras' army approaches Poland

8.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Who wrestles with Hamlet in Ophelia's grave?

Claudius

Laertes

Osric

Fortinbras

9.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Who makes the first hit in the duel?

Hamlet

Laertes

Osric

Horatio

10.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What does Horatio almost do, as Hamlet is dying?

kills himself with poison

kills the King

stabs himself

runs out of the room

11.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Who comes in and claims the throne after all have died the Danish court have died?

Horatio

Fortinbras

Osric

William

12.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Who dies first from the poison?

The Queen

Laertes

Hamlet

King

13.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Why does the gravedigger say this person should not be buried there?

She is not of royal blood

Because of her manner of death

She was not old enough to be buried there

The ceremony has no more room for bodiest

14.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Who serves as referee at the fencing match?

Osric

Horatio

Claudius

Reynaldo

15.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Who says “The drink, the drink! I am poisoned!”

Gertrude

Claudius

Hamlet

Laertes

16.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Why doesn't Hamlet let Horatio drink the poison?

He must live to keep Hamlet's memory alive

He must become King

He needs to warn the people of Denmark

He will serve as hand to the new king

17.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Who takes over Denmark?

Osric

Horatio

Hamlet

Fortinbras

18.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What does it mean when Hamlet says "...he has my dying breath"?

Horatio is hearing his last words

He chooses who he feels should be the next king

Laertes has killed him

Osric ran out of the room too quickly

19.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Who’s funeral does Hamlet begin to watch without realizing who was being buried?

Ophelia

Polonius

Osric

King Hamlet

20.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Who is the last person to die?

Hamlet

Gertrude

Claudius

Horatio

21.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What is NOT poisoned?

The sword

The wine

The pearl

The gold

22.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What does Hamlet say will show Horatio’s true friendship to him?

drinking the poison to join Hamlet in death

killing those courtiers who helped Cluadius carry out his plans

becoming king of Denmark and ruling justly

living so that he can bear witness to what happened

23.

Multiple Choice

3 mins

1 pt

What does Hamlet do to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?

He pays a group of thugs to beat them and leave them for dead.

He offers them money and reminds them that the three of them used to be friends. He asks them to stay with him.

He arranged for them to be kidnapped and taken to Poland.

He replaced their letters (which called for Hamlet's execution) with letters which called for their executions.

24.

Multiple Choice

3 mins

1 pt

What news does Osric bring Hamlet?

The King has forgiven him and offered him safe passage.

The King and Queen are expecting a child.

The King has made a wager on Hamlet's behalf in a contest between Laertes and Hamlet.

The King has confessed to the murder of King Hamlet, and has renounced the throne. Hamlet is the new King of Denmark

25.

Multiple Choice

3 mins

1 pt

Why does Hamlet jump into Ophelia's grave?

He wants to make sure that she is really dead.

He shows that his sorrow is as great as Laertes'.

He wants everyone to think he is still mad.

He wants to be buried alive so he can be with her forever.

26.

Multiple Choice

3 mins

1 pt

Laertes thinks that Ophelia should have a better funeral service. What is the priest's answer.

He says there is no one to pay for it, since Polonius is already dead.

He agrees and sets about preparing one.

He says she is lucky to be getting as nice of a funeral as she is, considering the nature of her death

He says that women are inferior beings and only deserve very simple funerals.

27.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What is the order of deaths in Act V?

Ophelia, Laertes, Hamlet, Claudius

Gertrude, Claudius, Laertes, Hamlet

Claudius, Gertrude, Hamlet, Laertes

Claudius, Gertrude, Horatio, Laertes

28.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Claudius urges Gertrude to not drink the wine, but she does. This is ...

Dramatic Irony

A pun

Karma

Verbal Irony

29.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Why didn't Ophelia get a traditional funeral with ALL of the funeral rites?

She may not have been a virgin.

Claudius wouldn't allow it.

Laertes wouldn't allow it.

She was suspected of suicide.

30.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What is Hamlet's tragic flaw?

He doesn't understand love

He can't make up his mind

He's arrogant

His feelings for Ophelia

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