Hamlet Quizzes

Hamlet Quiz 1

1 Hamlet is set in
England

Sweden

Scotland

Denmark
2 Hamlet is a
princess

king

prince

fool
3 Hamlet's stepfather is also his
uncle

nephew

grandfather

brother
4 Claudius poisoned
Old Hamlet

Ophelia

Hamlet

Gertrude
5 The ghost is first spotted
on the deck of the ship

in Gertrude's chambers

outside the castle

in the graveyard
6 The ghost claims he is
the King of Norway

Claudius

Old Hamlet

Old Fortinbras
7 In his first appearance onstage, Hamlet is wearing
mourning clothes

royal robes

a jester's costume

the crown
8 Hamlet claims to be afflicted by
dyslexia

melancholy

schizophrenia

gout
9 Hamlet's famous speeches are called
dialogues

unilogues

soliloquys

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

his wife sleeping with Claudius

a string quartet

Hamlet crying
11 Who has Hamlet professed love for?
Guildenstern

Ophelia

Rosencrantz

Gertrude
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?
France

England

Germany

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

Anglican

Catholic

High Anglican
15 Where does Hamlet say Ophelia should go?
a castle

a bakery

a nunnery

Russia
16 How does Ophelia die?
hanging

poison

fencing

drowning
17 Where does the ghost say he wanders?
Heaven

Hell

Baltic Sea

Purgatory
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?
Laertes and Polonius and Ophelia

Claudius and Gertrude

Horatio

Hamlet
20 There are images throughout the play relating to
nose

neck

eyelashes

ears
21 The health of a state seems related to
the physical state of its leader

the moral state of its people

the physical state of its people

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

Germany

Denmark

England
23 Who saves Hamlet's life?
pirates

Polonius

Old Hamlet

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

a punch and judy show

a morality play

a comedy
25 What does Hamlet call Polonius?
a fishmonger

father-in-law

dear man

father

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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