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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What time of day is it in Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) Sunset.
(b) After midnight.
(c) Almost midnight.
(d) Lunch time.

2. After telling Ophelia to get to a nunnery, what does Hamlet say about marriage?
(a) We shall have no more marriage.
(b) Marriage is better for women than for men.
(c) Marriage is an old-fashioned institution.
(d) Marriage is the best thing Ophelia can do with her life.

3. Hamlet says "The time is out of joint: O cursed spite/ That ever I was born to set it right!" What does that mean?
(a) He wishes he did not have to do the things he expects to do.
(b) He wishes he was not born a prince.
(c) He cannot believe what the ghost has told him.
(d) He cannot believe he has seen a ghost.

4. Hamlet makes an ominous statement about married people: "those that are married already, all but one, shall live." What does that mean and who is he talking about?
(a) Everyone who is currently married will be killed, except one person: Gertrude.
(b) Everyone who is currently married will stay alive, except one person: Polonius.
(c) Everyone who plans to be married soon should be killed, except one person: Ophelia.
(d) Everyone who is currently married will stay alive, except one person: Claudius.

5. Before he has seen the ghost, how does Hamlet describe his parents' marriage?
(a) His mother hated his father.
(b) His mother was devoted to his father.
(c) His father hated his mother.
(d) His parents barely spoke to each other.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Hamlet and the others wait to see the ghost in Act 1, Scene 4, what do they hear in the distance?

2. What is the King doing during Act 1, Scene 4?

3. At the end of the first act, what does Hamlet warn his friends he might do?

4. In Act 1, Scene 1, why does Marcellus bring Horatio to talk to Francisco and Bernardo?

5. What does Hamlet say when he first hears about the ghost?

(see the answer key)

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