25 questions
Hamlet is prince of
Denmark
Norway
Italy
England
What do Bernardo, Marcellus, and Horatio see in Scene 1 (which Bernardo had also seen at a prior watch)?
Hamlet was crying and acting crazy
King Hamlet's ghost
The Queen in the arms of an unknown man
Horatio and Marcellus meeting secretly
Whom did King Hamlet kill (causing that person to lose his lands)?
King Fortinbras
Claudius
Prince Fortinbras
Voltemand
What does King Claudius tell Hamlet?
Go study at the University of Cambridge in England.
Stop grieving for your father's death and think of me as a father.
Go on a pilgrimage to honor your father.
Gertrude never really loved your father; she is only pretending to grieve for him.
What is upsetting Hamlet (which he discusses in his first soliloquy)?
His father is appearing to the guards as a ghost.
His mother, the Queen, has been excommunicated.
Fortinbras is on the way with his army.
His mother has very quickly remarried a man very unlike his father.
What is Laertes's advice to Ophelia?
Marrying Hamlet would make you Queen.
Consider all young suitors before you marry.
Stay away from Hamlet and protect your virtue.
She would be better off going to a convent than marrying Hamlet.
Which of the following is NOT advice that Polonius gives to Laertes?
Spend all that you can afford.
Be true to yourself.
Don't borrow or lend out money.
Be fearful and wary of strangers.
At the end of Scene 3, Ophelia agrees to obey her father's wishes. What will she do?
marry Fortinbras
go to a convent for a year of prayer
stay away from Hamlet and reject his affections
befriend the Queen in order to spy on her and Claudius
The Ghost tells Hamlet to (choose 2)
avenge his death
tell Denmark the truth about his death
leave his mother to Heaven
Got to Norway and conquer more land
How do the people of Denmark think King Hamlet died?
Scorpion sting
Serpent (snake) bite
Aneurysm (stroke)
Poison
How did King Hamlet actually die?
Scorpion sting
Serpent (snake) bite
Aneurysm (stroke)
Poison
Hamlet tells Horatio that he will begin to behave in which way?
Crazy
Angry
Sad
Quiet
What mood does Shakespeare create in the opening of Hamlet: Act I, scene i through the following descriptions of the setting, “…this misty night…,” “…chilling…,” and “…this dead hour…” ?
Somber
Fearful
Heroic
Relaxed
1. What is the word apparition referring to in the following lines from Act I, scene i in Hamlet.
Horatio says ’tis but our fantasy / And will not let belief take hold of him / Touching this dreaded sight twice seen of us. / Therefore I have entreated him along / With us to watch the minutes of this night, / That if again this apparition come / He may approve our eyes and speak to it.
King Hamlet’s Ghost
Claudius’ Ghost
Marcellus’ Ghost
Horatio’s Ghost
What tone does Claudius take with Hamlet in the following text from Act I, Scene ii?
'Tis sweet and commendable in your nature, Hamlet, / To give these mourning duties to your father. / But you must know your father lost a father, / That father lost, lost his, and the survivor bound / … / Is death of fathers, and who still hath cried, From the first corse till he that died today, / “This must be so.” We pray you, throw to earth / This unprevailing woe, and think of us / As of a father. For let the world take note / You are the most immediate to our throne, / And with no less nobility of love / Than that which dearest father bears his son / Do I impart toward you. For your intent / In going back to school in Wittenberg, / It is most retrograde to our desire. / And we beseech you, bend you to remain / Here in the cheer and comfort of our eye, / Our chiefest courtier, cousin, and our son.
A tone of all knowing advice
A tone of fatherly advice
A tone of degrading advice
A tone of disappointment
What does the line Frailty thy name is woman, from Act I, scene ii translate to?
Women are unintelligent
Women are weak
Women are strong
Women only use men to gain power
Why is Hamlet so angry with his mother?
because she married so soon after her husband's death
because she won't let him go back to school in Wittenberg
because she pays more attention to Claudius than him
because she helped Claudius murder her husband
What does Polonius tell Ophelia to do?
spend more time with Hamlet
stop talking to Hamlet
spend more time studying
to find a man who can marry her
Which of the following are examples of the theme of familial love from the play? Select all that applies!
Laertes guidance/advice for Ophelia regarding Hamlet (to be wary of Hamlet’s intentions toward her)
Polonius advice on how to behave while in France (how to be a good man)
Claudius request for Hamlet to take off his mourning clothes and celebrate the wedding (celebrate your King, Queen and country)
Hamlet's frustration towards his mother's denial in her bedchamber