Hamlet Quizzes

Hamlet Quiz 1

By John Untermacher · Edited by W.C. Miller · Last reviewed August 30, 2009

1 Hamlet is set in

Scotland

Denmark

Sweden

England
2 Hamlet is a

princess

fool

king

prince
3 Hamlet's stepfather is also his

nephew

uncle

grandfather

brother
4 Claudius poisoned

Hamlet

Old Hamlet

Ophelia

Gertrude
5 The ghost is first spotted

in the graveyard

on the deck of the ship

outside the castle

in Gertrude's chambers
6 The ghost claims he is

Claudius

Old Fortinbras

Old Hamlet

the King of Norway
7 In his first appearance onstage, Hamlet is wearing

mourning clothes

royal robes

the crown

a jester's costume
8 Hamlet claims to be afflicted by

melancholy

gout

dyslexia

schizophrenia
9 Hamlet's famous speeches are called

soliloquys

unilogues

dramatic irony

dialogues
10 What noise drives the ghost offstage?

Hamlet crying

his wife sleeping with Claudius

a string quartet

a cock's crow
11 Who has Hamlet professed love for?

Ophelia

Gertrude

Guildenstern

Rosencrantz
12 Why are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern in Denmark?

to bring Hamlet back to England

to find out why Hamlet is acting mad

to kill Hamlet

to cheer up Hamlet
13 Where does Hamlet go to university?

France

Luxembourg

England

Germany
14 What religion was Denmark at time of writing?

High Anglican

Anglican

Catholic

Protestant
15 Where does Hamlet say Ophelia should go?

a bakery

Russia

a nunnery

a castle
16 How does Ophelia die?

poison

hanging

drowning

fencing
17 Where does the ghost say he wanders?

Baltic Sea

Hell

Purgatory

Heaven
18 When the play begins, the castle is celebrating

King Claudius and Queen Gertrude's marriage

Hamlet's return

Laertes' return

Old Hamlet's defeat of Old Fortinbras
19 Who survives the play?

Claudius and Gertrude

Laertes and Polonius and Ophelia

Horatio

Hamlet
20 There are images throughout the play relating to

neck

eyelashes

nose

ears
21 The health of a state seems related to

the moral state of its people

the physical state of its people

the physical state of its leader

the moral state of the leader
22 Young Fortinbras says he is invading

Poland

England

Denmark

Germany
23 Who saves Hamlet's life?

Old Hamlet

Polonius

pirates

Ophelia
24 In form, Hamlet is above all what sort of play?

a revenge play

a morality play

a comedy

a punch and judy show
25 What does Hamlet call Polonius?

a fishmonger

father

father-in-law

dear man

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