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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 4, Scene 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the play is performed, what does Polonius ask Hamlet to do?
(a) Go see the Queen.
(b) Ask the players to leave Elsinore.
(c) Go see Claudius.
(d) Go see Ophelia.

2. What message do the ambassadors bring Claudius back from Norway?
(a) Fortinbras wants to take over Denmark.
(b) Fortinbras does not plan to attack any country at all.
(c) Fortinbras wants to take over Denmark and Poland.
(d) Fortinbras will attack Poland, not Denmark.

3. What does Claudius ask Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to do, after learning that Hamlet has committed murder?
(a) Find Hamlet so the guards can arrest him.
(b) Protect Ophelia from Hamlet.
(c) Get the body from Hamlet.
(d) Protect Getrude from Hamlet.

4. How does Horatio describe the ghost to Hamlet?
(a) Frightening.
(b) More angry than sad.
(c) Exciting.
(d) More sad than angry.

5. Hamlet's mother tries to leave the room during their conversation in Act 3, Scene 4, but Hamlet stops her and says she cannot leave until he does what?
(a) Forces her to face what she has done.
(b) Kills her.
(c) Kills Claudius.
(d) Tells her about the ghost.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Ophelia in love with?

2. When Polonius tries to speak with Hamlet, does Polonius really believe Hamlet is crazy?

3. After his first meeting with the ghost, what does Hamlet ask his friends to do?

4. What is the weather like at the beginning of the play?

5. What was Ophelia doing when she was frightened by Hamlet in Act 2, Scene 1?

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