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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the end of the first act, what does Hamlet warn his friends he might do?
(a) Pretend to be crazy.
(b) Leave the country forever.
(c) Get married.
(d) Kill somebody.

2. At the start of Act 4, Scene 4, the audience finally sees a character that has been talked about since the start of the play. Who is this character?
(a) Bernardo.
(b) Captain.
(c) Fortinbras.
(d) Laertes.

3. Watching the troops attacking, Hamlet decides that he is less of a man than their leader. Why does he say that?
(a) Hamlet has only killed one man and the leader has killed many.
(b) He has a better reason to fight than the leader, but he does not fight.
(c) The leader is a common man, while Hamlet is a prince.
(d) Hamlet was never in the army, unlike the troops' leader.

4. 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 cannot believe he has seen a ghost.
(b) He wishes he was not born a prince.
(c) He wishes he did not have to do the things he expects to do.
(d) He cannot believe what the ghost has told him.

5. What other "crime" has been committed against the last king?
(a) Laertes seduced his wife.
(b) Polonius stole from the state treasury.
(c) Claudius stole from the state treasury.
(d) Claudius seduced his wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Hamlet's behavior during the play-within-a-play, what do Rosencrantz and Guildenstern agree to do with Hamlet?

2. When the ghost first speaks to Hamlet, how does it describe its experience?

3. After witnessing Hamlet's behavior during the play, what does Claudius say about his condition?

4. In Act 4, scene 4, while watching the troops and reflecting on his own behavior, what does Hamlet promise about his future actions?

5. In Act 1, Scene 5, what does the ghost ask Hamlet to do?

(see the answer key)

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