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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) Leave the country forever.
(b) Kill somebody.
(c) Get married.
(d) Pretend to be crazy.

2. What shocking news does the ghost deliver to Hamlet in Act 1, Scene 5?
(a) Ophelia killed Hamlet's father.
(b) Laertes killed Hamlet's father.
(c) Claudius killed Hamlet's father.
(d) Hamlet's mother killed Hamlet's father.

3. Who are the Norwegian soldiers attacking?
(a) Poland.
(b) Sweden.
(c) England.
(d) Denmark.

4. 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) Fortinbras.
(b) Laertes.
(c) Captain.
(d) Bernardo.

5. As Claudius speaks about his guilt in Act 3, Scene 3, what does he say about repenting?
(a) He cannot repent because he still has the crown and the queen -- the two things he did the murder for.
(b) He is sure that heaven will forgive him for his crime.
(c) He wants to repent, but cannot tell anyone what he has done.
(d) Only the weak repent.

Short Answer Questions

1. Watching the troops attacking, Hamlet decides that he is less of a man than their leader. Why does he say that?

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

3. What does Hamlet tell his friends about his meeting with the ghost?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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