Hamlet Quizzes

Hamlet Quiz 1

1 Hamlet is set in
Sweden

Scotland

England

Denmark
2 Hamlet is a
king

fool

princess

prince
3 Hamlet's stepfather is also his
grandfather

brother

uncle

nephew
4 Claudius poisoned
Ophelia

Hamlet

Old Hamlet

Gertrude
5 The ghost is first spotted
in the graveyard

outside the castle

in Gertrude's chambers

on the deck of the ship
6 The ghost claims he is
Old Fortinbras

Old Hamlet

Claudius

the King of Norway
7 In his first appearance onstage, Hamlet is wearing
a jester's costume

royal robes

mourning clothes

the crown
8 Hamlet claims to be afflicted by
schizophrenia

gout

melancholy

dyslexia
9 Hamlet's famous speeches are called
soliloquys

dramatic irony

unilogues

dialogues
10 What noise drives the ghost offstage?
a cock's crow

a string quartet

Hamlet crying

his wife sleeping with Claudius
11 Who has Hamlet professed love for?
Guildenstern

Rosencrantz

Gertrude

Ophelia
12 Why are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern in Denmark?
to find out why Hamlet is acting mad

to kill Hamlet

to bring Hamlet back to England

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

Germany

France

Luxembourg
14 What religion was Denmark at time of writing?
Protestant

High Anglican

Catholic

Anglican
15 Where does Hamlet say Ophelia should go?
a nunnery

a castle

Russia

a bakery
16 How does Ophelia die?
poison

hanging

fencing

drowning
17 Where does the ghost say he wanders?
Baltic Sea

Purgatory

Heaven

Hell
18 When the play begins, the castle is celebrating
Laertes' return

Old Hamlet's defeat of Old Fortinbras

King Claudius and Queen Gertrude's marriage

Hamlet's return
19 Who survives the play?
Hamlet

Claudius and Gertrude

Horatio

Laertes and Polonius and Ophelia
20 There are images throughout the play relating to
ears

neck

eyelashes

nose
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
Denmark

Germany

Poland

England
23 Who saves Hamlet's life?
Polonius

Old Hamlet

Ophelia

pirates
24 In form, Hamlet is above all what sort of play?
a comedy

a morality play

a punch and judy show

a revenge play
25 What does Hamlet call Polonius?
father

dear man

a fishmonger

father-in-law

Closely examine Hamlet’s most famous soliloquy on page 137 (lines 57-91). Summarize the arguments he is contemplating in this speech.

What act and scene are you referring to?

Asked by fidkka e #1002580

Answered by Aslan on 4/9/2020 10:35 PM

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Describe Fortinbras based on what Horatio says.

Do you mean in Act 1? Based upon Horatio's description, young Fortinbras is bold, inexperienced, and willing to do anything to regain his father's lost lands.

Asked by Jhon W #1110059

Answered by Aslan on 2/6/2021 6:10 AM

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Why is a clock mentioned in Hamlet. There weren’t any clock’s in Hanlet’s time.

Yes I've heard this question before. This is called an anachronism. It is an inconsistency in some chronological arrangement. In this case, there were clocks in Shakespeare’s time but not in Hamlet's. Shakespeare wrote it in because he thought it...

Asked by Kayden M #1265056

Answered by Aslan on 1/14/2024 7:49 PM

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Hamlet

by William Shakespeare

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