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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 5, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first part of the players' performance in Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) A prologue, in which they summarize the upcoming play.
(b) An opening scene that shows how much the king and queen love each other.
(c) A dumbshow, in which they do not speak.
(d) A welcoming speech by their sponsor, Prince Hamlet.

2. When Hamlet and his friends first see the ghost, what do Hamlet's friends tell him to do?
(a) Do not go with the ghost.
(b) Send for a priest.
(c) Tell the king about the ghost.
(d) Go with the ghost.

3. What is Hamlet's mother's name?
(a) Ophelia.
(b) Gertrude.
(c) Fortinbras.
(d) Hecuba.

4. What was Ophelia doing when she was frightened by Hamlet in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Eating.
(b) Sewing.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Reading.

5. The sailors from the pirate ships deliver letters to Elsinore. Who are the letters from?
(a) Laertes.
(b) Gertrude.
(c) Hamlet.
(d) Horatio.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the main idea of Hamlet's "To be or not to be" speech?

2. What happens between Laertes and Hamlet in the graveyard scene?

3. Claudius finally gives Rosencrantz and Guildenstern sealed orders for how to handle Hamlet. What do those orders say?

4. After discussing Hamlet with Polonius in Act 1, how has Ophelia interacted with Hamlet?

5. Who does the ghost in Act 1, Scene 1 look like?

(see the answer key)

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